Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9521NW SANDFORD STREET 630-1/19/799 (South side) 15/07/98 The Mitre Inn and attached area railings

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Public house and attached railings. c1820-30, shown on Merrett's Map of 1834, with late C19 range to left. Stucco over brick with concealed roof; range to left in red brick with gault brick dressings; iron railings. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, on basement to right return, 4 + 1 first-floor windows, with 2-storey, 1 + 1 first-floor window range to left. Main range has rounded corner to right with blind openings to first and second floors; casement to ground floor. First- and second-floor bands. Ground-floor window sills have corbel brackets. Ground floor has 2/2 horizontal-pane sash and 1/1 sashes with margin lights. First floor has 6/6 sashes, blind to third opening. Second floor has 3/6 sashes, blind to fourth opening. Off-centre right entrance in projecting porch with part-glazed sides and entablature, part-glazed door. Right return has 3-first-floor windows with 6/6 and 3/6 sashes where original. Further central entrance, steps to 6-panel door with overlight with circle and lozenge type glazing bars. Range at left articulated by pilaster strips. 1/1 sashes, entrance to angle, part-glazed doors with overlight. INTERIOR: remodelled in bar area, otherwise not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: this large pub pre-dates the artisan district of St Luke's which it serves. An externally complete and rare surviving example of a typical Georgian town pub, typically with 2 doorways on a corner site opening directly onto the street. (Pollock K: Unpublished notes; Merrett HS: Plan of the Town of Cheltenham: 1834-).



Listing NGR: SO9506921912

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