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Weston House

A Grade II Listed Building in Pittville, Gloucestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9048 / 51°54'17"N

Longitude: -2.0689 / 2°4'8"W

OS Eastings: 395355

OS Northings: 222921

OS Grid: SO953229

Mapcode National: GBR 2M4.KQS

Mapcode Global: VHB1Q.3D33

Plus Code: 9C3VWW3J+WC

Entry Name: Weston House

Listing Date: 12 March 1955

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1387460

English Heritage Legacy ID: 475422

ID on this website: 101387460

Location: Fairview, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52

County: Gloucestershire

District: Cheltenham

Electoral Ward/Division: Pittville

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Cheltenham

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Cheltenham Holy Trinity

Church of England Diocese: Gloucester

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Description


CHELTENHAM

SO9522NW PITTVILLE LAWN 630-1/10/659 (East side) 12/03/55 No.17 Weston House

GV II

Villa, now surgery. 1841-2. For James Creed. Stucco over brick with concealed roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement with attics, 3 first-floor windows. Stucco detailing includes plinth, quoins to angles, tooled architraves to first-floor windows, those to ground floor have Tuscan pilasters to surrounds and between lights, and frieze and cornice; first-floor tooled sill band; crowning tooled frieze and cornice with blocking course, raised to centre. First floor has 6/6 sashes; ground floor has tripartite windows, 2/2 horizontal-pane sashes; basement has 8/8 sashes, all in plain reveals, those to ground floor have sills. Attic roof dormers have C20 casement windows. Central entrance, flight of 8 roll-edged steps to Ionic porch with 2 pairs of fluted columns, architrave, frieze and pediment. INTERIOR: photographs dated 1993 show dogleg staircase with alternate stick and embellished rod balustrade and wreathed handrail, alternate acanthus modillions and flowers to hall cornice, otherwise not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: Built as part of the development of this area undertaken for Joseph Pitt in 1825-42, the general layout being designed by the architect John Forbes. All the villas along Pittville Lawn form a distinguished architectural group. (Blake S: Pittville: 1824-1860: Cheltenham: 1988-: 70).



Listing NGR: SO9535422922

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