Church House
CHURCH HOUSE, 60, PAINSWICK STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387400
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Church House
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH HOUSE, 60, PAINSWICK STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387400
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Church House
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH HOUSE, 60, PAINSWICK STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH HOUSE, 60, PAINSWICK STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cheltenham (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 94387 21138
Details
CHELTENHAM
SO9421SW PAINSWICK ROAD 630-1/22/611 (East side) No.60 Church House
GV II
Villa, now church rooms. c1840-60 with later additions and alterations; including c1960s range to right. Stucco over brick with hipped slate roof and end gault brick stacks. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attics and basement, 3 first-floor windows, with blind entrance bay at right. Third bay breaks forwards and has quoins to angles at ground floor, moulded ground-floor sill band; moulded cornice over ground floor and first-floor sill band. To left part a first-floor band. Windows have tooled architraves, all with sills on feet. Ground floor has two 2/2 horizontal-pane sashes, then a tripartite window with 2/2 between 1/1 sashes, all with blind boxes. First floor has two 2/2 horizontal-pane sashes with cambered heads, then a pair of 1/1 round-arched sashes with hoodmoulds. Wide eaves on paired brackets. 2 attic roof dormers with 3/3 sashes and cambered arches, dormer to right breaks eaves and has casements. Basement has 8/8, 4/4, 8/8 and tripartite 8/8 between 2/2 sashes. Entrance at right: flight of roll-edged steps to 3-panel, part-glazed door with overlight in solid porch with round-arched opening, cornice and low parapet. INTERIOR: retains original joinery and plasterwork. Dogleg staircase has ornate iron balusters. To front room a cornice with anthemion motif. HISTORICAL NOTE: Painswick Road was laid out by Charles Baker to connect Cheltenham with Painswick following an Act of 1820. One of a good group of villas. Occupies a good corner site and has good group value with No.62 Painswick Road (qv) and Church of St Philip and St James, Gratton Road (qv). (Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology Journal: Garrett JV: Charles Baker of Painswick and Cheltenham: 1989-).
Listing NGR: SO9439021140
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 475356
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Garrett, J V, Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology Journal in Charles Baker Of Painswick And Cheltenham, (1989)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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