Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9522SE PRIORY STREET
630-1/15/718 (South side)
12/03/55 Nos.3 AND 5
and attached railings

GV II

2 terraced houses and attached railings. c1820-50. Stucco over
brick with concealed roof and stucco party-wall stacks.
Double-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement and with attic dormers and
range at left with attic storey, 7 first-floor windows (3 to
left house), arranged 1:4:2. 4-window range projects; entrance
bays set back to ends. Main range: outer window-bays break
forwards and have full-height Doric pilasters and entablature
(cornice missing at right), blocking course and copings.
First-floor band and cornice over first floor to right part.
Ground-floor windows have tooled architraves, 4 to main range
have cornices on console brackets. First floor: windows to
main range and at right have tooled architraves. Mainly 6/6
and 2/2 horizontal-pane sashes, taller to ground floor, those
to right have margin-lights, those above entrances between
pilaster strips, that to right retains frieze and cornice.
Entrances: 5-panel doors (upper panels raised and fielded,
lower panels with fluted surrounds) with sidelights and
fanlights, that to left retains radial glazing bars, in
doorcases with fluted Ionic columns, frieze and cornice, and
to right with pediment. Rear has 2 round-arched staircase
windows.
INTERIOR: retain original joinery including panelled shutters,
dogleg staircases have stick balusters and wreathed handrails,
otherwise not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: scrolled bootscrapers to top steps.
Railings to sides of steps have stick balusters, with scrolled
hearts at left.

Listing NGR: SO9549522026

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667252

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version