Description

GLOUCESTER

SO8317 MONTPELLIER
844-1/15/215 (East side)
23/01/52 The Byways

GV II

Detached house, now offices. c1818, late C2O alterations.
Stuccoed brick, slate roof, two brick stacks on each side
wall. Rectangular double-depth blockclosing the vista at the
eastern end of Spa Road; small wing at rear, a former wing to
rear right demolished c1980.
EXTERIOR: three storeys and basement; symmetrical 3-window
front with offset plinth, raised band at first-floor level, a
crowning bull-nose cornice and parapet; on the ground floor a
flight of stone steps with mid C20 wrought-iron balustrades
rising into a central entrance porch, the porch in the Ionic
order with pairs of columns at the outer corners, pilasters at
rear and entablature with pulvinated frieze; the entrance
doorway with semicircular arch enclosing fanlight with
radiating glazing bars, six-panel door with fielded panels. On
each side of portico a sash and on both the first and second
floors three sashes, all with glazing bars (4x4 panes on the
ground and first floors, 4x3 panes in the shorter sashes on
the second floor) and in plain openings with projecting stone
sills; on the first floor a bow-fronted, wrought-iron guard to
the central window; in the side and rear walls sashes of
various sizes with glazing on each floor.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Attached wrought-iron railings on stone plinth are mid C20
(not included).

Listing NGR: SO8319417858

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26538215

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2