Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9422SW PARABOLA ROAD 630-1/12/616 (North side) 11/03/82 Eversleigh House (Cheltenham Ladies College) (Formerly Listed as: PARABOLA ROAD (North side) Cambray House (Cheltenham Ladies College Sanatorium))

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Villa, now hall of residence. c1837-50 with later additions and alterations including C20 infill to rear. Stucco over brick with hipped slate roof, renewed left end stuccoed stack and ashlar portico. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 5 first-floor windows arranged 2:1:2, with range to rear and at left. Stucco detailing includes full-height Doric pilasters to ends, and front first floor to either side of central window; ground floor windows have cornices on consoles. Plinth. 1/1 sashes throughout. Central entrance, 2 roll-edged steps to 2-panel door with overlight within Doric porch with 2 pairs of Doric columns, frieze with triglyphs and metopes, cornice and blocking course. 6/6 sashes to rear and 6/6 staircase sash with radial glazing to head and margin-lights. 4-panel doors. Embellished cornices include egg-and-dart cornice to hall. INTERIOR: original joinery and plasterwork includes narrow-open-well staircase with column and bobbin balusters and dogleg service staircase with stick balusters. HISTORICAL NOTE: land for development of Parabola Road was sold in 1837, following the death of Rev Richard Skillicorne (1834) for »50,000 to the Bayshill Estate Co. The Estate also included Bayshill Road and St George's Road.





Listing NGR: SO9427922234

External Links

• Wikidata Q26667066

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