Fullwood (Cheltenham and Gloucester College) And Attached Area Railings

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CHELTENHAM

SO9321SE THE PARK 630-1/21/927 (South side (off)) 07/03/97 Fullwood (Cheltenham and Gloucester College) and attached area railings

GV II

Villa, now part of Cheltenham College of Higher Education, and attached area railings. 1847 with later additions and alterations including verandah to garden facade c1890s for Mrs MacKnight Crawford of Lauriston Castle; mid-C20 range to east. Stucco over brick with flattened hipped slate roof and 3 stuccoed stacks with cornices, timber verandah and iron area railings. Double-depth plan with central hallway. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement and with attics, 5 first-floor windows. Stucco detailing includes quoins to angles, moulded first-floor band, crowning moulded cornice surmounted by moulded brackets and wide eaves; tooled architraves to windows, those to ground floor have cornices on console brackets, those to first floor have sills on feet. 2/2 horizontal-pane, and 1/1 horned sashes, all in plain reveal and with sills, the central first-floor window is divided and between 2 smaller windows. All windows in plain reveals and with sills. 3 attic dormers, the outer ones break eaves line, 2/2 horizontal-pane sashes and pedimented gables on corbel brackets. Concealed basement. Central entrance, flight of roll-edged steps to solid projecting porch with Doric pilasters and dentil entablature with blocking course; early C20 studded double doors with fanlight with glazing bars in surround with moulded head and Doric pilasters. Garden facade: 2 storeys with attics, 5 first-floor windows. Stucco detailing includes quoins to angles, crowning moulded cornice surmounted by brackets supporting wide eaves. Windows have tooled architraves. 2/2 horizontal-pane sashes where original, those to first floor have blind boxes; all in plain reveals, those to first floor have sills. 3 attic roof dormers with 1/1 sashes and pedimented gables on brackets. Ground-floor verandah has flight of steps to central entrance, double part-glazed doors with overlight and gable with decorative barge boards. Otherwise latticed lower stage and plate-glass with shaped mullions and continuous overlight. INTERIOR: noted as retaining original plasterwork and joinery. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area railings to front facade have X-motif. HISTORICAL NOTE: The Park had been laid out by 1833 by its owner, Thomas Billings, as an oval tree-lined drive with a

central park which, for a short period in the mid-C19, became a zoological garden. In 1839 the development was bought by architect Samuel Daukes who continued the building. One of the principal developments influenced by White's and Nash's schemes for Regent's Park (1809-11), London. Fullwood was the main house in The Park. By 1823 it was an Ursuline Ladies College; in 1931 the estate passed to St Mary's College. The Boathouse (qv) was built as part of its grounds. Forms a good group with Entrance to Fullwood (qv) and Boathouse (qv), The Park. The modern block to the north-east is not of special architectural or historic interest. (Sampson A: Historic Buildings of Cheltenham and Gloucester College of HE: Cheltenham: 1991-).

Listing NGR: SO9398620997

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Sampson, A, Historic Buildings of Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, ()

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