Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9521NW LONDON ROAD 630-1/19/467 (South side) 12/03/55 Nos.7 AND 9 and attached railings

GV II

Pair of semi-detached houses and attached railings. c1820-50. Stucco over brick with concealed roof, left end and party-wall stucco stacks; cast- and wrought-iron railings and window guards. Double-depth plan with full-height range to rear. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with basement, 7 first-floor windows (3:1:3), the outer bays are full-height bows. Stucco detailing includes first-floor band, frieze and cornice over first floor; crowning frieze, cornice and blocking course; pilaster strips between windows. 6/6 sashes throughout, those to bay curved on plan. Pair of central entrances: 4-panel, part-glazed doors in pilastered doorcase with frieze and cornice and with fielded-panel reveals. Rear range has 6/6 sashes and, to No. 7 a tripartite window with 6/6 between 2/2 sashes. INTERIOR: to left (No.7), inner entrance has double doors with margin-lights and fanlight with radial glazing bars; egg-and-dart cornices and ceiling frieze; narrow-open-well staircase has stick balusters; 6-fielded-panel doors. Otherwise not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: first-floor window guards have rods with half-circles; lancet area railings have urn finials to stanchions. An interesting design for a semi-detached house, the robust facade unified by the bowed outer bays. (Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 19).



Listing NGR: SO9536121941

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