Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9422SE CLARENCE STREET
630-1/13/272 (North side)
12/03/55 Nos.15 AND 17

GV II

Shops with flats over. c1825-34, shown on Merrett's Map of
1834, but not on the Post Office Map of 1820; later
alterations include c1970s glazing to ground floor. Stucco
over brick with concealed roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 3 first-floor-window range plus outer
niches in breakforwards. Stucco detailing includes continuous
first-floor sill band; recessed panels above niches and long
panel across first-floor windows; continuous sill band to
second floor; architrave, frieze and cornice with blocking
course. Ground floor has Tower of Winds pilasters to original
entrances, now with c1970 glazing to left and glazed door to
right, with entablature. First and second floors have 3
tripartite sashes: 6/6 between 2/2, taller to ground floor.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: by 1844 this was the Cheltenham and
Gloucester Bank, the first joint stock bank in the town.
(Rowe G: Illustrated Cheltenham Guide 1850: Cheltenham:
1845-1969: 44-45 (ILLUS)).

Listing NGR: SO9487222495

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26666539

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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