Tower House
TOWER HOUSE, PRESTBURY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387604
- Date first listed:
- 05-May-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Tower House
- Statutory Address:
- TOWER HOUSE, PRESTBURY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387604
- Date first listed:
- 05-May-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Tower House
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWER HOUSE, PRESTBURY ROAD
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:
- TOWER HOUSE, PRESTBURY ROAD
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 95488 22896
Details
CHELTENHAM
SO9522NW PRESTBURY ROAD 630-1/10/713 (South side) 05/05/72 Tower House
GV II
Formerly known as: Apsley House PITTVILLE CIRCUS. Villa now flats. 1840 with later additions and alterations including C20 attics. Edward Cope, builder. Stucco over brick with concealed roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement and with attics, 3 first-floor windows and 1 to 3-storey round tower at right angle. Stucco detailing includes tooled architraves to ground-floor windows with broken segmental 'pediments' on corbels; first-floor band; crowning frieze, paired corbel brackets to wide eaves. Ground floor has 2/2 horizontal-pane and 6/3 sashes; otherwise 6/6 sashes throughout, those to tower are curved on section; all in plain reveals and with sills. Off-centre right entrance, flight of renewed steps to distyle Doric porch with wreaths to frieze; within a 4-panel door with divided overlight. Tower has first- and second-floor bands and Regency style battlements concealing attic roof lights. Left return has 4 first-floor windows; stepped breakforward to left. All ground-floor windows have 2/2 horizontal-pane sashes with tooled architraves and broken pediments as front facade; otherwise 6/6 sashes. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: Cope laid out Pittville Circus in 1839-40 on land purchased from Joseph Pitt. Tower House, originally known as Apsley House, forms part of this development. An unusual and distinguished villa design, one of a good group of villas, with Sligo House (qv), and Southend House (No.32) (qv), Prestbury Road and Nos 1 and 2 Pittville Circus, at the important junction of Prestbury Road, Wellington Road, Albert Road and Pittville Circus. (The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: London: 1970-: 151).
Listing NGR: SO9548822896
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 475579
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 2 The Vale and The Forest of Dean, (1970), 151
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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