Neptune Fountain Approximately 100 Metres South West of Main Entrance to Municipal Offices
NEPTUNE FOUNTAIN APPROXIMATELY 100 METRES SOUTH WEST OF MAIN ENTRANCE TO MUNICIPAL OFFICES, PROMENADE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387696
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jan-1982
- List Entry Name:
- Neptune Fountain Approximately 100 Metres South West of Main Entrance to Municipal Offices
- Statutory Address:
- NEPTUNE FOUNTAIN APPROXIMATELY 100 METRES SOUTH WEST OF MAIN ENTRANCE TO MUNICIPAL OFFICES, PROMENADE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1387696
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jan-1982
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 26-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Neptune Fountain Approximately 100 Metres South West of Main Entrance to Municipal Offices
- Statutory Address 1:
- NEPTUNE FOUNTAIN APPROXIMATELY 100 METRES SOUTH WEST OF MAIN ENTRANCE TO MUNICIPAL OFFICES, PROMENADE
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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:
- NEPTUNE FOUNTAIN APPROXIMATELY 100 METRES SOUTH WEST OF MAIN ENTRANCE TO MUNICIPAL OFFICES, PROMENADE
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 94699 22208
Details
CHELTENHAM
SO9422SE PROMENADE 630-1/13/764 (North West side) 08/01/82 Neptune Fountain approximately 100m SW of main entrance to Municipal Offices (Formerly Listed as: PROMENADE Neptune Fountain about 100 yds SW from main entrance to Municipal Offices)
GV II
Fountain and statues. Inaugurated 1893. Designed by Joseph Hall, the Borough Engineer and executed by RL Boulton and Sons, Cheltenham. Portland stone, overpainted. Neptune drawn by 4 sea-horses, flanked by tritons blowing conches. Set on ranged oval base encircled by shallow steps leading to pool. Enclosed by stone balustrade with carved urns. Based on Rome's Trevi Fountain. HISTORICAL NOTE: The Promenade was laid out in 1818 as a tree-lined avenue connecting the Colonnade in the High Street to the Sherborne Spa (on the site of the Queen's Hotel) (qv). (The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: London: 1970-: 146; Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 87,120).
Listing NGR: SO9469922208
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 475682
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 2 The Vale and The Forest of Dean, (1970), 146
Sampson, A, Blake, S, A Cheltenham Companion, (1993), 87, 120
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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