Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9522SW HIGH STREET 630-1/14/405 (West side) 12/03/55 Nos.126 AND 128 Barclay's Bank (Formerly Listed as: RODNEY ROAD (South East side) No.4)

GV II

Includes: No.4 RODNEY ROAD. 3 houses, now offices. c1820-50 with later alterations including early C20 shop front and refurbishing c1980s. Stucco over brick with concealed roof. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, 3+4 first-floor windows. Stucco over brick with ashlar shop front to ground floor, left end brick stack. Stucco details include quoins to right angle through first and second floors; first-floor windows have tooled architraves and alternating triangular pediments and cornices on console brackets; continuous sill band to second-floor windows, with feet and tooled architraves alternately eared. First floor has 1/1 sashes; second floor has 6/6 sashes; third floor has 3/3 sashes, all in plain reveals. Ground floor shop front has paired Ionic pilasters to entrance at left, then to right of wide plate-glass window; 3 narrow windows have single Ionic pilasters (2 at right) then further entrance to right angle with Ionic pilasters, surmounted by continuous frieze and cornice. C20 entrances. Right return (No.4 Rodney Road): shop front continues for 2 blind bays, then link range of 2-storeys, 3 first-floor windows then range of 3 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. Stucco detailing includes horizontal rustication to ground floor surmounted by cornice, with quoins through first and second floors; tooled architraves to first-floor windows. Crowning frieze and cornice. First and second floors have 6/6 sashes, ground floor has 3/3 sashes, all in plain reveals and with sills. Central entrance has 2 Ionic columns in antis, architrave and frieze; double 6-panel doors and overlight. INTERIOR: not inspected. Included for its group value on the High Street, and provides a good opening to Rodney Road.



Listing NGR: SO9507922324

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