Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9523SW EVESHAM ROAD
630-1/6/311 (West side)
05/05/72 No.36
Novar and attached railings

GV II

Villa, now flats and attached railings. c1832-4, for Lt-Col
William Munro of the East India Company; with later additions
and alterations including outshut to rear. Brick with stucco
facades and slate roof with iron railings.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with basement, 3 first-floor windows.
Stucco detailing (which continues to right return) includes
horizontal rustication to ground floor, first floor plat band
surmounted by Doric pilasters to first floor, paired at ends
and between windows, cornice; over second floor a cornice and
blocking course. Central solid entrance porch has paired Doric
pilasters, architrave, frieze and cornice with blocking
course, flight of 4 roll-edged steps to 6-panel door between
pilaster strips and side-lights and with overlight with
glazing bars, within solid porch with paired Doric pilasters.
Ground floor has tripartite windows with narrow 2/2 sashes
with lancet glazing to heads and margin-lights. First floor
has similar paired windows with margin-lights. Second floor
has 6/6 sashes. Basement has 8/8 sashes with margin-lights.
Right end stack with cornice. Right return has blind openings.
Rear has 6/6 sashes, some with margin-lights. Left return: 1
window deep; blind openings. Rear retains 6/6 sashes and 8/8
sash with margin-lights.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: ornate scrolled railings to sides of
steps.
HISTORICAL NOTE: built as part of the development of this area
undertaken for Joseph Pitt in 1825-42.
(Blake S: Pittville: 1824-1860: Cheltenham: 1988-: 67).

Listing NGR: SO9523723020

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398268

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