Thirlestaine Hall (Excluding 1940S Wing to North East)
THIRLESTAINE HALL (EXCLUDING 1940S WING TO NORTH EAST), THIRLESTAINE HALL
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1388140
- Date first listed:
- 05-May-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Thirlestaine Hall (Excluding 1940S Wing to North East)
- Statutory Address:
- THIRLESTAINE HALL (EXCLUDING 1940S WING TO NORTH EAST), THIRLESTAINE HALL
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2004-04-09
- Reference:
- IOE01/11989/12
- Rights:
- © Mr Peter Harnwell. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1388140
- Date first listed:
- 05-May-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 26-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Thirlestaine Hall (Excluding 1940S Wing to North East)
- Statutory Address 1:
- THIRLESTAINE HALL (EXCLUDING 1940S WING TO NORTH EAST), THIRLESTAINE HALL
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:
- THIRLESTAINE HALL (EXCLUDING 1940S WING TO NORTH EAST), THIRLESTAINE HALL
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 95372 21176
Details
CHELTENHAM
SO9521SW THIRLESTAINE ROAD 630-1/24/943 (North side) 05/05/72 Thirlestaine Hall (excluding 1940s wing to north-east) (Formerly Listed as: THIRLESTAINE ROAD (North side) Thirlestaine Hall excluding modern wing to NE)
GV II
Large house, now offices. 1855-7 for Johan Andreas Frerichs, architect: Daniel Humphris; with observatory c1909 for John Player and later conversion by GH Ryland. Stucco over brick with ashlar dressings and hipped slate roofs. Italianate style. PLAN: double-depth plan with central hallway & range to rear. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 3 first-floor windows with 2-storey, 3-window orangery to left. Main range: ashlar detailing includes, to main range, rustication to ground floor surmounted by first-floor band and quoins above; frieze and wide eaves on brackets. Ground floor has French windows with margin lights; first floor has 8/8 sashes in plain reveals and with sills on feet, tooled architraves with cornices. Central entrance, Roman Doric porch with paired columns, entablature with triglyphs and metopes and balustrade above. To rear, on the roof, is an observatory with a copper dome. Rear has canted central bay. Similar detailing as front facade. Orangery, to left. 2 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. First-floor band, crowning entablature. Ground floor windows are round-headed, with multi-pane casements; 6/6 and central 6/6 between 2/2 sashes above. INTERIOR: hall has 2 columnar Corinthian screen; double drawing room to right has marble fireplaces and heavy plasterwork with deep acanthus friezes (similar to those in No.83 Pittville Lawn (qv)); doorcases have architraves with Neo-Classical type friezes and cornices. Many rooms reputed to retain plasterwork and fireplaces. HISTORICAL NOTE: the house was occupied by the American Services of Supply during the Second World War (1942-5). Large 1940s wing to north east added when the house became an hotel is not included. (Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 131; Cheltenham Local History Society Journal: Blake S: A short history of Thirlestaine Hall: 1986-: 52-56).
Listing NGR: SO9535821170
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 476138
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Sampson, A, Blake, S, A Cheltenham Companion, (1993), 131
Blake, S, Cheltenham Local History Society Journal in A Short History Of Thirlestaine Hall, (1986), 52-56
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 04-Jun-2026 at 07:00:15.
Download a full scale map (PDF)© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2026. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.
End of official list entry