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Sandford Park House

A Grade II Listed Building in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8951 / 51°53'42"N

Longitude: -2.0669 / 2°4'1"W

OS Eastings: 395489

OS Northings: 221840

OS Grid: SO954218

Mapcode National: GBR 2MC.08H

Mapcode Global: VHB1Q.4M4L

Plus Code: 9C3VVWWM+26

Entry Name: Sandford Park House

Listing Date: 12 March 1955

Last Amended: 26 November 1998

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1103818

English Heritage Legacy ID: 474894

ID on this website: 101103818

Location: Coltham Fields, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52

County: Gloucestershire

District: Cheltenham

Electoral Ward/Division: Charlton Park

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Cheltenham

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Cheltenham St Luke and St John

Church of England Diocese: Gloucester

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Description


CHELTENHAM

SO9521NW LONDON ROAD 630-1/19/479 (South side) 12/03/55 Nos.39 AND 41 Sandford Park House (Formerly Listed as: LONDON ROAD (South side) Nos.39 AND 41 Sirsa House (No.39) and Horton House (No.41))

GV II

Probably originally 2 houses, now offices. c1820-30. Stucco over brick with concealed roof and iron balcony and rear porch. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys on basement, 11 first-floor windows arranged 3:1:3:1:3 (including three 3-window full-height bows); service ranges to rear. Second-floor band, crowning frieze and cornice with blocking course. 1/1 sashes throughout in plain reveals and with sills. Off-centre left entrance, 6-panel double doors with Doric columns in antis, frieze and wide fanlight. Rear: entrance has tent porch on web-motif brackets. INTERIOR: includes entrance hall at left with fluted frieze and dentil cornice; narrow open-well staircase with stick balusters and panels of scroll and quatrefoil ornament, wreathed handrail; carved tread ends. Otherwise not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: first-floor continuous balustrade has embellished rod motif with scroll panels and lattice frieze. Right return has set-back former Doric porch with pulvinated frieze and dentil cornice, now with sash windows. HISTORICAL NOTE: Chatwin notes railings with urn finials stamped RE and C Marshall, now missing. Shown on Merrett's Map of 1834 as Keynsham Place. (Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 72; Merrett HS: Plan of the Town of Cheltenham: 1834-).



Listing NGR: SO9550021830

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