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Mercian Court

A Grade II Listed Building in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8895 / 51°53'22"N

Longitude: -2.0846 / 2°5'4"W

OS Eastings: 394276

OS Northings: 221218

OS Grid: SO942212

Mapcode National: GBR 2MB.FSR

Mapcode Global: VH947.TRBW

Plus Code: 9C3VVWQ8+Q5

Entry Name: Mercian Court

Listing Date: 5 May 1972

Last Amended: 26 November 1998

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1387440

English Heritage Legacy ID: 475401

ID on this website: 101387440

Location: The Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50

County: Gloucestershire

District: Cheltenham

Electoral Ward/Division: Park

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Cheltenham

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Leckhampton St Philip and St James

Church of England Diocese: Gloucester

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Description


CHELTENHAM

SO9421SW PARK PLACE 630-1/22/643 (East side) 05/05/72 Mercian Court (Formerly Listed as: PARK PLACE (East side) Park Court)

II

Villa, now flats. c1832. Stucco over brick with concealed roof. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with basement, 1+3 first-floor windows, that to left is set back. Stucco details includes horizontal rustication to ground floor; paired end pilasters and 2 to centre, ground floor with cornices incorporated into first-floor band, on corbel brackets to bays. End Tuscan pilasters and 2 to centre through first and second floors; frieze, wide eaves; balustrades over bays. Tooled architraves to ground- and first-floor windows of left bay and cornice over second floor. Plinth. Centre bay, main range has blind openings to first and second floors, those to first floor in tooled architraves. Ground floor: has three 6/6 sashes in tooled architraves with panels over. First floor has outer tripartite windows, the centres are 6-pane French windows with margin-lights between narrow lights with overlights with margin-lights. Second floor has outer triple windows with 6/3 between 2/1 ashes where original. Bay to left has cambered-arched opening to ground floor, otherwise 1/1 sashes. Basement has 3/6 sashes. Entrance to far left, steps to 6-panel door. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: Park Place was developed by 1832.



Listing NGR: SO9427621218

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