Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9422SW PARABOLA ROAD
630-1/12/615 (South side)
12/03/55 Bayshill Court

II

Villa. c1832-50. Ashlar over brick and concealed roof, with
stucco right end stacks.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys on basement, 3 first-floor windows between
wings of 2 storeys on basement, 2 first-floor windows. Stucco
detailing includes quoins to angles, first- and second-floor
bands; cornices on console brackets to entrance and ground-
and first-floor windows; crowning frieze, architrave and
pediment. Central entrance a panelled door with overlight with
margin-glazing. Ground- and first-floor outer windows are
tripartite with 2/2 sashes where original, otherwise 2/2
sashes, those to second floor, outer windows are paired. Wings
have end breakforwards with pediments. Quoins to
breakforwards, first-floor impost band. Inner ranges have
narrow 3/2 and 2/2 sashes, outer breakforwards have casements,
those to first floor have round arched heads and radial
glazing, keystones. Low parapet with copings. Rear has
extended single-storey range with 3 round-arched windows with
casements and crowning pediment.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: land for the development of Parabola Road was
sold in 1837, following the death of Revd Richard Skillicorne
(1834) for »50,000 to the Bayshill Estate Company. The Estate
also included Bayshill Road and St George's Road.

Listing NGR: SO9423622092

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667065

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)