Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9421NE MONTPELLIER VILLAS
630-1/18/577 (West side)
14/12/83 No.37

GV II

House. c1824-8. Probably designed by John Forbes. Stucco over
brick with slate roof and iron porch and window box.
Double-depth plan with entrance and stairwell to right.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basement, 2 first-floor windows.
Stucco detailing includes second-floor band; crowning moulded
string, frieze and cornice. First floor has 6/6 sashes; second
floor has 3/3 sashes; ground floor has 8/8 sash; basement has
6/6 sash; all in plain reveals and with sills. Entrance to
right a 6-fielded-panel door in fluted jambs. Rear: 9/6
staircase sash.
INTERIOR: retains substantial original features including 2
marble fireplaces (to ground and first floors) with roundels
to corners; original joinery including panelled shutters and
6-panel doors; dogleg staircase with stick balusters.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: porch has heart-and-scroll motif to left
side and round arch with scroll frieze. Ground-floor window
box has flower and scroll motif.
HISTORICAL NOTE: originally known as Montpellier Retreat, most
of the houses were probably designed by Forbes, who became
architect and surveyor to the Pittville Estate c1835-6.
(Blake S: 'The Unfortunate Mr Forbes': Cheltenham Local
History Society Journal: 1989-: 7-27).

Listing NGR: SO9464921593

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667015

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)