Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9521NW HIGH STREET 630-1/19/389 (South West side) 05/05/72 No.2 Belle Vue Place (Formerly Listed as: HIGH STREET (South West side) No.2 Grove Garage)

GV II

Includes: Stirling House (that part which is to High Street) COLLEGE ROAD. House, now offices. Former house to High Street is included, but not additions to rear. c1810-20 (apparently on The Post Office Map of 1810) with later alterations including offices to rear of c1983-1988. Stucco over brick with hipped slate roof and tall stucco side stacks, wrought-iron verandah with lead enrichments. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and central full-height bow which has 3 windows to each floor. 6/6 sashes throughout, taller to first floor, all in plain reveals and (except to first floor) with sills. Blind-boxes remain to first-floor windows. First and second floor have continuous plat bands. Entrance to right return via later office building. INTERIOR: retains many original features, first floor drawing room has 2 marble chimneypieces with corbel brackets and iron grates and tiled surrounds c1870s within; fluted architraves to bay with flowers to corners, and acanthus cornice with wheat ceiling frieze; similar architraves to doors throughout with fluting and flowers to angles; original double doors lead from old to new range. Second floor has simple Regency fireplace with circle motif to corners. 6-panel doors with similar architraves; double doors lead through to new range. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: first-floor verandah has scroll motif to upright with embellished rod-and-star motif with lattice to balustrade and frieze. HISTORICAL NOTE: Addressed on Merrett's 1834 Map as Belle Vue Place. (Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 23).



Listing NGR: SO9531422001

External Links

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