Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9421NW SUFFOLK SQUARE 630-1/17/874 (West side) 14/12/83 No.24 Raynsford

GV II

House. c1823-34 with later additions and alterations including later C19 bay windows. Probably by Edward Jenkins for developer, James Fisher. Stucco over brick with concealed roof, 4 end stucco and brick stacks; iron balcony. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 3 first-floor windows, with 2-storey single bay to left and single-storey bay to right. Main range: stucco detailing includes floor bands and crowning cornice with blocking course. Canted outer bays through 2 storeys have 1/1 sashes and crowning cornices. First floor has central 6/9 sash with margin lights and second floor has 6/6 sashes with margin-lights in plain reveals and with sills. Central entrance, flight of steps to 6-panel, part-glazed door with overlight with glazing bars in doorcase with paired Doric pilasters and entablature. End ranges: ground floors have elliptically-arched recess with 1/1 sash to left and door to right; first floor to left has 1/1 sash. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: first floor balcony to centre window has oval and circle motif. HISTORICAL NOTE: Suffolk Square occupies land bought by the Earl of Suffolk from the de la Bere family, on which he built Suffolk House from his own residence; his daughter later sold much of the land, on which Suffolk Square now stands. Land for the Square was bought by developer James Fisher in 1823, villas on the west side are shown on Merrett's 1834 Map. All the listed buildings in Suffolk Square form a very distinguished group. (Merrett HS: Plan of the Town of Cheltenham: 1834-; Blake S: Notes).



Listing NGR: SO9437721649

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)