Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9421SW PARK PLACE 630-1/22/642 (East side) 05/05/72 No.40 (Formerly Listed as: PARK PLACE (East side) Nos.20-40 (Even)) (Formerly Listed as: ASHFORD ROAD No.8)

GV II

Includes: No.8 ASHFORD ROAD. 2 semi-detached villas. c1820-32. Stucco over brick with hipped slate roof and central stucco stack and brick rear stack; iron porch and verandah. L-shaped on plan with side hallways and service ranges at rear. EXTERIOR: main range of 2 storeys on basement with 2-storey entrance bay set back to left, 4 first-floor windows arranged 1:2:1. Stucco detailing includes first-floor band to left and central pilasters through ground and first floors with sunk panel. 6/6 sashes where original, taller to ground floor, at right a canted bay has 8-pane French window with margin-lights between 4-pane lights and with dentil frieze. End entrance to left: flight of steps to 5-panel door (the upper panels raised and fielded, lower with fluted surrounds) with fanlight. Right return (to Ashford Road): 1:2 first-floor windows (range at right breaks forward). First floor has two 6/6 sashes and blind window. Basement has 3/6 sashes. Ground floor: central entrance, 5 steps to 3-panel door with margin-lights and overlight with glazing bars, recessed in round-arched surround. Wide eaves. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Porch to left has scrolled uprights and openwork frieze. Verandah has X-motif balustrade and fretted timber uprights. HISTORICAL NOTE: Park Place was developed by 1832. Forms a group with and abuts Nos 20-36 (even) Park Place (qqv).

Listing NGR: SO9429721304

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)