Sligo House

Sligo House, 2, Wellington Road, Cheltenham, GL52 2DY

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1387603
Date first listed:: 05-May-1972
List Entry Name:: Sligo House
Statutory Address:: Sligo House, 2, Wellington Road, Cheltenham, GL52 2DY

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1387603
Date first listed:: 05-May-1972
Date of most recent amendment:: 26-Nov-1998
List Entry Name:: Sligo House
Statutory Address 1:: Sligo House, 2, Wellington Road, Cheltenham, GL52 2DY

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Sligo House, 2, Wellington Road, Cheltenham, GL52 2DY

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 95452 22933

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 4 July 2024 to amend the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards.

SO9522NW 630-1/10/712

CHELTENHAM WELLINGTON ROAD (north west side) No 2 Sligo House

(Formerly listed as Sligo House, PRESTBURY ROAD, previously listed as PRESTBURY ROAD (North side) Christie College)

05/05/72 GV II Villa. 1839-40. Edward Cope, builder. Stucco over brick with hipped slate roof with two rear stucco stacks.

EXTERIOR: two storeys on basement, three first floor windows. Stucco detailing includes tooled architraves to ground floor windows with broken segmental pediments on corbel brackets; first floor sill band; wreath above each first floor window; crowning cornice on paired console brackets. 6/6 sashes throughout, all in plain reveals and with sills; renewed 8/8 sashes to basement. Central entrance, flight of five renewed roll-edged steps to four-raised-and-fielded-panel door with sidelights and divided overlight in tooled architrave. Left return: three first-floor windows, each in stepped-forward range and that to right in full-height bow. 6/6 sashes, those to bow are curved on section and similar stucco detailing.

INTERIOR: noted as having retained original joinery including panelled shutters.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: to sides of steps a stuccoed balustrade with blind oval motif and cylindrical end piers.

HISTORICAL NOTE: the north west side of Prestbury Road was built upon first as part of the development of this area undertaken for Joseph Pitt in 1835-42, the general layout being designed by the architect John Forbes. Built by Edward Cope, a leading local builder and speculator who was responsible for laying out the area around Pittville Circus, it was sold in March 1847 to John Bird of the East India Company for £2060. Originally known as Alwington Villa.

One of a good group of villas, along with Southend House (No.32) (qv), and Tower House (qv), Prestbury Road and Nos 1and 2, Pittville Circus (qv), at the important junction of Prestbury Road, Wellington Road, Albert Road and Pittville Circus. (Blake S: Pittville: 1824-1860: Cheltenham: 1988-: 19-20,74).

Listing NGR: SO9544922968

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Legacy System number:: 475578
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Blake, S, Pittville 1824-1860, (1988), 19-20, 74

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.