Description

CHARLTON KINGS

SO9620NW BROOKWAY ROAD 630-1/33/22 (East side) 11/03/80 Wraxall House

GV II

House. 1816. For Sir Nathaniel Wraxall and his wife Jane Lascelles. Stucco facades and slate roof with cast- and wrought-iron porch, railings and balconies. PLAN: main range of 2 storeys with basement, 3 bays of which the outer 2 are canted to full height, and the central bay has a projecting ground-floor lobby; service wing to right of 2-storeys with basement (on different floor levels) a full-height canted bay; conservatory over basement to left; 8 first-floor window range altogether arranged 3:1:3:1. Crested parapet throughout. EXTERIOR: main range: central hallway plan. Flight of round-edged steps to entrance, double part-glazed doors with overlight with Gothic glazing, under tented iron porch. Ground floor has 6-pane French windows with Gothic glazing to heads. First floor has 3-light casements with 4-centred-arched lights to heads. Basement has mainly casement windows. Tented porch with diamond latticework to stanchions and ogee-arched opening; to sides of steps are stick balusters; individual balconies to ground floor have latticework balustrades and swept hoods. Service wing has 2 x 8/8 sashes and 2/2 sash. Conservatory to left has 4-centred-arched lights. Ridge stack. INTERIOR: central open-well staircase has stick balusters and wreathed handrail, ending in the basement. Enriched cornices and reeded doorcases with lion masks; glazed doors with margin-lights lead to conservatory, which has tiled floor. West ground-floor room has small fireplace in Siena and Carrara marbles. Panelled shutters to all windows. First floor originally had barrel-vaulted ceilings, now covered in; 6-panel doors and small Regency fireplaces. Basement has beams to ceilings, Regency fireplace; meat store and pantry. HISTORICAL NOTE: the Wraxall family were probably living at Elborough Cottage, No.36 Cudnall Street (qv) whilst this house was completed. (Charlton Kings Local History Society Bulletin: Cheltenham: 1992-: 8-9).



Listing NGR: SO9627820977

External Links

• Wikidata Q26666253

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)