Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9522NW ALBERT PLACE 630-1/10/114 (East side) 05/05/72 Nos.2, 2A AND 2B and attached area railings (Formerly Listed as: ALBERT PLACE (East side) Nos.2-30 (Even))

GV II

Terraced house, now flats, and attached area railings. c1827, probably laid out for John Hughes, with later additions and alterations. Ashlar over brick with slate roof, tall stuccoed brick end stacks with cornices and iron railings. Double-depth plan with central hallway. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement, 5 first-floor windows. Ashlar detailing includes 3 incised lines at fist floor; crowning frieze and cornice with blocking course; pilasters to sides of door have incised Greek key motif and open pediment. To left at ground and first floor and to centre, first floor are blind openings, otherwise 6/6 sashes, all in plain reveals and with sills. Central entrance, flight of 5 steps to 5-panel door (upper panels raised and fielded) with fanlight with batwing and circle type glazing bars. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area railings and to sides of steps have arrowhead bars and dogbars with anthemions to stanchions. HISTORICAL NOTE: formerly part of the north side of Portland Square. Forms a group with Nos 4 (qv), 6 (qv) and 8-30 (even) (qv), Albert Place and Nos 37 and 39 Prestbury Road (qv). (Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 37; Radford S: The Terraced Houses of Cheltenham 1800-1850: 1992-: 93-98).



Listing NGR: SO9543722878

External Links

• Wikidata Q26666350

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

• 
  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2