Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9422SE REGENT STREET
630-1/13/780 (North West side)
12/03/55 Ormond Terrace Nos 5-8 (consec) and
attached railings to Nos.5, 6 and 7

GV II

4 terraced houses, now offices and attached railings to Nos 5,
6 and 7. c1834-40. Stucco over brick with concealed roof and
brick and stucco end and party-wall stacks with cornices;
wrought-iron railings and balconies with lead tassels.
Double-depth plan with right side hallways.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys on basement, 12 first-floor windows (3 per
house). Stucco detailing includes ground-floor rustication
drawn into voussoirs over cambered-arched openings;
first-floor band; crowning entablature and blocking course.
6/6 sashes throughout, those to first floor are taller, those
to ground floor have cambered heads; all in plain reveals and
with sills. Basement has replacement windows. Entrances to
right: flights of roll-edged steps to 4-panel doors with
sidelights and cambered overlights with decorative vertical
glazing bars.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: individual balconies to first floor
windows have lozenge pattern, derived from LN Cottingham,
plate 16. Railings abutting to left have pointed bars and
dogbars; arrowhead area railings to No.6 and to sides of
steps. Railings remain to sides of steps to Nos 5 and 7 with
sticks and X-motif.
HISTORICAL NOTE: shown as laid out but not built on Merrett's
Map of 1834.
Forms a group with Nos 2, 3 and 4 Ormond Terrace, Regent
Street (qv) and Madame Wright's, 1 Ormond Place (qv).
(Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham:
1975-1984: 35; Merrett HS: Plan of the Town of Cheltenham:
1834-).

Listing NGR: SO9481522254

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667383

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