Wyddrington House
WYDDRINGTON HOUSE, 55, PITTVILLE LAWN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387471
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Wyddrington House
- Statutory Address:
- WYDDRINGTON HOUSE, 55, PITTVILLE LAWN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387471
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Wyddrington House
- Statutory Address 1:
- WYDDRINGTON HOUSE, 55, PITTVILLE LAWN
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:
- WYDDRINGTON HOUSE, 55, PITTVILLE LAWN
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 95432 23136
Details
CHELTENHAM
SO9523SW PITTVILLE LAWN 630-1/6/666 (East side) 12/03/55 No.55 Wyddrington House
GV II
Villa, now flats. 1836-7. Stucco over brick with concealed roof, brick and stucco end stacks; iron balcony. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with basement, 3 first-floor windows and 3-storey-on-basement entrance bay set back to right. Right hand bay of main range breaks forwards slightly. Stucco detailing includes tooled architraves to windows, those to ground floor have frieze and dentil cornice, that to right with Doric pilasters; architrace, frieze and cornice over first floor; crowning frieze and cornice; right return has horizontal rustication to ground floor drawn into voussoirs over windows. 6/6 sashes where original, that to right, ground floor is a tripartite window with 6/6 between 2/2 sashes. Former entrance in solid porch to right return now blocked and with multi-pane round-arched window with tooled head and keystone, and with Ionic columns in antis and cornice over. C20 entrance now to rear. Rear has tooled architraves to windows with sills on feet to first floor. Mainly 6/6 sashes. INTERIOR: noted as retaining original joinery, including shutters to some windows. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: continuous balustrade to ground floor has double scroll motif. HISTORICAL NOTE: plot sold to Thomas Smith, gent, for »650 on 21.06.1836 and house to be built in 12 months. Built as part of the development of this area undertaken for Joseph Pitt in 1825-42, the general layout being designed by the architect John Forbes. All the villas along Pittville Lawn form a distinguished architectural group. (Blake S: Pittville: 1824-1860: Cheltenham: 1988-: 16-17,70-1; The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: London: 1970-: 151-152).
Listing NGR: SO9543623136
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 475434
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 2 The Vale and The Forest of Dean, (1970), 151-152
Blake, S, Pittville 1824-1860, (1988), 16-17,70-1
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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