Southwood
SOUTHWOOD, THIRLESTAINE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1388137
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Southwood
- Statutory Address:
- SOUTHWOOD, THIRLESTAINE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1388137
- Date first listed:
- 12-Mar-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 26-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Southwood
- Statutory Address 1:
- SOUTHWOOD, THIRLESTAINE 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:
- SOUTHWOOD, THIRLESTAINE 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 94992 21274
Details
CHELTENHAM
SO9421SE THIRLESTAINE ROAD 630-1/23/941 (South side) 12/03/55 Southwood (Formerly Listed as: THIRLESTAINE ROAD (South side) College House)
GV II
Villa. Built before 1820 by R Varden, the architect and landscape gardener. Stucco over brick with hipped slate roof, 3 tall gault brick stacks with cornices; and wrought-iron verandah to garden facade. EXTERIOR: front elevation has 2 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. Stucco detailing includes 4 pilasters with sunk panels to full height; ground-floor windows with tooled round-arched recesses; cornice. Wide eaves. 6/6 sashes throughout, taller to ground floor, in plain reveals and with sills. Arched entrance with 4-panel, part-glazed double doors and side-lights and fanlight with decorative radial glazing bars, within porch with coupled Ionic columns and entablature. Garden elevation has 2 storeys, 2:3:1:3:2 first-floor windows including 2 bows to full height (the 3-window bays). Mainly 6/6 sashes throughout, those to bows curved on section, except to left bow a central ground-floor 6-pane French window with overlight; all with plain reveals and with sills. 2 octagonal, glazed cupolas to roof. INTERIOR: retains original joinery and plasterwork; fine Adam-style mantel, enriched and with detached columns to ground-floor; dogleg staircase to hall has embellished iron balusters; doors have tooled architraves. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: ground-floor verandah to bows with lead-enriched rails and trellis uprights, Greek key frieze. HISTORICAL NOTE: known in the C19 as Lake House, and shown as such on Merrett's Map of 1834. A graceful design in the Regency manner. (The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: London: 1970-: 154; Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 25; Merrett HS: Plan of the Town of Cheltenham: 1834-).
Listing NGR: SO9499221274
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 476135
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 2 The Vale and The Forest of Dean, (1970), 154
Chatwin, A, Cheltenhams Ornamental Ironwork, (1975-1984), 25
Merrett, H S, Plan of the Town of Cheltenham, (1834)
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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