Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9422SE PROMENADE
630-1/13/764 (North West side)
08/01/82 Neptune Fountain approximately 100m
SW of main entrance to Municipal
Offices
(Formerly Listed as:
PROMENADE
Neptune Fountain about 100 yds SW
from main entrance to Municipal
Offices)

GV II

Fountain and statues. Inaugurated 1893. Designed by Joseph
Hall, the Borough Engineer and executed by RL Boulton and
Sons, Cheltenham. Portland stone, overpainted. Neptune drawn
by 4 sea-horses, flanked by tritons blowing conches. Set on
ranged oval base encircled by shallow steps leading to pool.
Enclosed by stone balustrade with carved urns. Based on Rome's
Trevi Fountain.
HISTORICAL NOTE: The Promenade was laid out in 1818 as a
tree-lined avenue connecting the Colonnade in the High Street
to the Sherborne Spa (on the site of the Queen's Hotel) (qv).
(The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Vale
and The Forest of Dean: London: 1970-: 146; Sampson A and
Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 87,120).

Listing NGR: SO9469922208

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667323

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)