Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9422NE CLARENCE STREET
630-1/9/279 (South side)
05/05/72 No.70
The Old Priory and attached walls,
piers and gate
(Formerly Listed as:
CLARENCE STREET
(South side)
No.70
Presbytery of the Church of St
Gregory the Great)

GV II

Former presbytery with attached walls, piers and gate. Dated
1881. Probably by Boultons of Cheltenham. Coursed, squared
limestone rubble over brick with dressed quoins and concealed
roof, iron gate. Gothic Revival style.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 2 first-floor windows. Quoins to angles;
central off-set buttress with niche at first floor and statue
of St Gregory. Moulded first-floor band. Windows, alike:
2-cusped lights with mullions and transoms, those to ground
floor have quatrefoil in head and inscribed 'Jesus' and
'Maria', with hoodmoulds. Those to first floor have date in
roundel to heads and voussoirs over. Entrance range set back
to right with plank door, forms link building to St Gregory's
Church.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: coursed limestone wall abuts at left and
is approx 2m high with double-chamfered coping, return along
front facade is approx 1m high with chamfered coping,
extending for approx 10m to piers, square on plan with
trefoiled heads and gate with panelled lower stage surmounted
by spearhead bars.
HISTORICAL NOTE: built as the presbytery to RC Church of St
Gregory. The church was designed by C Hanson (1854-7) and
completed by Boultons of Cheltenham with Mr Acock of
Cheltenham, builder.
Abuts Church of St Gregory, St James's Square (qv).

Listing NGR: SO9458922561

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26666547

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