Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9522NW PORTLAND SQUARE 630-1/10/682 (West side) 05/05/72 No.1 and Sudeley Arms Public House with attached area railings and gates (Formerly Listed as: PORTLAND SQUARE No.1 Sudeley Arms Inn)

GV II

Includes: No.25 The Sudeley Arms Public House and attached railings PRESTBURY ROAD. 2 houses, now house and public house with attached railings and gates. c1827. For Joseph Hughes. Ashlar over brick with concealed roof and brick and stucco stacks; iron area and forecourt railings and gates. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys on basement at left, 3+3+1 first-floor windows (includes window to right to curved end). Ashlar detailing includes first- and second-floor bands. 6/6 sashes where original, 4th and 6th openings are blind to first and second floors, 1st and 2nd openings are blind to ground floor; all in plain reveals and with sills. First-floor window to right end a 6/6 sash, curved on section; ground floor has C20 casement. Central entrance to No.1: 6-raised-and-fielded-panel door with fanlight with batwing and circle type glazing bars. Crowning frieze and low coped parapet. Right return has 3 storeys, first-floor windows then single-storey, single-window range to right. 6/6 sashes where original; to first floor the 3rd opening is blind and to second floor the 1st and 2nd openings are blind. Entrance to right of main range a 6-fielded-panel door with fanlight with batwing and circle type glazing bars. Extension at right has horizontal rustication. INTERIOR: retains original joinery and plasterwork; mid-C19 bar. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: arrowhead area and forecourt railings and to sides of steps, dogbars to left part; similar gates; stanchions have urn finials. HISTORICAL NOTE: Portland Square was laid out from 1827 onwards for Joseph Hughes, with the Sudeley Arms for himself. Occupies a good corner site. (Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 46).



Listing NGR: SO9536022850

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