Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9523SE PRESTBURY ROAD 630-1/7/704 (North West side) 12/03/55 Nos.42 AND 44 and attached railings, walls and piers (Formerly Listed as: PRESTBURY ROAD (North side) Nos.34-60 (Even))

GV II

Pair of semi-detached villas with attached area and dividing railings and walls and piers to sides. 1839-41. By Abraham Tyler, builder, who completed many houses in Pittville. Stucco over brick with hipped slate roof and renewed brick party-wall stack; iron verandahs, window boxes and railings. EXTERIOR: stucco detailing includes first-floor band surmounted by 3 Doric pilasters between centre windows. 6/6 sashes where original, taller to ground floor; all in plain reveals and with sills. Basement has 6/6 sashes. End entrances: flights of steps (roll-edged to left) to 5-panel doors, that to right part-glazed, with sidelights and divided overlights, all with margin-lights. Wide eaves. Roofs have central coped divide and kneelers. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: tent-roofed verandahs have x-and-circle motif to uprights, openwork frieze remains to right, X-motif area railings throughout. Window boxes to ground floor have X-motif. Arrowhead railings between houses. Walls approx 2m high to sides ramped down to piers, that to left shared with No.40 (qv). HISTORICAL NOTE: built as part of the development of this area undertaken for Joseph Pitt in 1835-42, the general layout being designed by the architect John Forbes. Nos 34-60 (even) Prestbury Road (qqv) form a group of semi-detached villas. (Blake S: Pittville: 1824-1860: Cheltenham: 1988-: 74-75).

Listing NGR: SO9557423020

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