Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9421NW MONTPELLIER GARDENS 630-1/18/528 Bandstand approximately 200 metres 14/12/83 east of Montpellier Rotunda

GV II

Bandstand. c1895; restored with original colour scheme by Cheltenham Civic Society in 1994. Octagonal stone base with iron columns and balustrade; wooden and ribbed tester with coved section and scalloped board below moulded eaves; concealed peaked roof. Steps to south-east. Fluted columns to angles with acanthus caps and with balustrade between which has embellished panels of floriate scroll decoration with mask to centre, the design of which came from a pattern book (held by Ironbridge Gorge Museum) produced by the Coalbrookdale Company, Ironbridge: Ornamental Panel No.36. A similar design is found on the ironwork of Thirlestaine Court, Thirlestaine Road (qv), and The Savoy Hotel, Bayshill Road (qv). HISTORICAL NOTE: Montpellier Gardens was laid out for Pearson Thompson by JB Papworth in 1825-6. (Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 48; Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-; Colvin H: A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840: London: 1978-: 618).



Listing NGR: SO9455921802

External Links

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