Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9421NW QUEEN'S PARADE
630-1/17/768 Lauriston House (Bank of Scotland)
12/03/55

GV II

Villa, now bank. 1839-40; with later additions and alterations
including c1960 range at rear. Stucco over brick with
concealed roof, stucco ridge and rear stacks with cornices and
iron windows guards.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with basement to right return, 3
first-floor windows. End breakforwards are articulated by
full-height Tower of Winds pilasters, continuous crowning
dentil entablature with blocking course and copings. Plinth.
Flight of 6 steps to central entrance, double 4-panel and
studded doors with sidelights and pilasters between, overlight
with decorative glazing bars, within porch with 4 fluted
columns Tower of Winds capitals and engaged pilasters
supporting heavy dentil cornice. Outer windows are tripartite
with 6/6 sashes between 2/2 lugged sashes, with narrow
pilasters between, those to ground floor have framing
pilasters, those to first floor have balustrade with bulbous
balusters. Otherwise 6/6 sashes, taller to ground floor.
Tooled architrave to central, first-floor window. Basement has
8/8 sashes where original. 3-window return to left and
4-window return to right, both articulated by similar
pilasters, ground-floor windows have tooled architrave, frieze
and cornice.
INTERIOR: to left, ground floor, deep cornice with tall
acanthus motif, 2 marble fireplaces; hall has cornice with
modillions and paterae; room to right has deep roll-moulded
cornice; arches to stairway. First floor has some marble
fireplaces.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: ground-floor windows have individual
balconies with circle motif embellished with heart and
acanthus. First-floor windows to right return have window
boxes with scrolled lozenge.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Apparently shown as laid out but not built on
Merrett's Map of 1834. Dr Thomas Richardson Colledge
(1796-1879) founder of the Medical Missionary Society lived in
this house.
A very fine villa design, articulated with considerable depth
and ingenuity: the resulting 3-dimensional quality is
comparable to some of the 1830s villas by Dyer in the Clifton
area of Bristol.
(Merrett HS: Plan of the Town of Cheltenham: 1834-).

Listing NGR: SO9432721804

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667372

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