Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9522NE PITTVILLE CIRCUS 630-1/11/644 (North side) 14/12/83 Nos.1 AND 2 Apsley Lodge

GV II

Villa, now 2 dwellings. c1860-70 with later additions and alterations including mid-C20 attics to rear. Stucco over brick with hipped slate roof, 4 brick end and rear stacks. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement, 3 first-floor windows, with 2-storey entrance bay set back to left and single-storey porch at right, and with range to rear. Stucco detailing includes first-floor band, tooled architraves to windows, those to ground floor with cornices on consoles. Lugged 1/1 ground-floor sashes and 6/6 first-floor sashes. Entrances to right and left; to left a flight of steps to round-arched opening with tooled head and imposts, within are 4- (raised and fielded) panel double doors and panelled overlight; blind window above. Further entrance to right: flight of steps to round-arched opening with tooled head on imposts, within a C20 4-panel door with sidelights. Left return has 6/6 sashes and blind openings, all with tooled architraves as before. Right return: 3 first-floor windows in tooled architraves; 1 window to ground floor has tooled architrave and cornice on console brackets; first bay blind then 6/6 sashes. INTERIOR: noted as having retained original joinery including panelled shutters to windows and 4-panel doors. HISTORICAL NOTE: The Circus was laid out in 1839-40 by Cope on land purchased from Joseph Pitt. However the basic layout of the Pittville Estate was designed by John Forbes. Apsley Lodge is later than most of the villas on the Circus, but a significant element in this impressive layout. (Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 47,96).



Listing NGR: SO9554422940

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