Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9421NE SUFFOLK SQUARE 630-1/18/875 (East side) 12/03/55 Faithfull House (northern part) and attached area balustrade (Formerly Listed as: SUFFOLK SQUARE Nos.14 AND 15)

GV II

2 terraced houses, now residential home with attached area balustrade. c1840s with c1970s conversion. Probably by Edward Jenkins for developer James Fisher. Stucco over brick with ashlar porch and concealed roof; iron balconies and area balustrade. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys on basement, 6 first-floor windows. Central 2-window breakforward has fluted Corinthian pilasters to ends and centre through first and second floors, also outer end fluted Corinthian pilasters; first-floor band; crowning dentil entablature. Ground floor has horizontal rustication, drawn into voussoirs over windows. 6/6 sashes where original with plain reveals and sills, those to first and second floors in tooled architraves, those to first floor have frieze and cornice. Paired central entrances, that to left now blocked and with sash window, otherwise 4-panel, part-glazed door with overlight with margin-lights. Flight of 6 roll-edged steps to 5-columnar Corinthian portico with dentil entablature. INTERIOR: retains many original features including 2 adjoining dogleg staircases with alternate stick and embellished rod balusters and wreathed handrails; panelled shutters to some windows; embellished cornices with grape ceiling friezes. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: first-floor has continuous Carron Company double-heart-and-anthemion balcony. Area balustrade has double stylized heart motif. HISTORICAL NOTE: Suffolk Square occupies land bought by the Earl of Suffolk from the de la Bere's, on which he built Suffolk House for his own residence; his daughter later sold much of the land, on which Suffolk Square now stands. The Square is shown as planned but not complete on the Post Office Map of 1820, however Faithful House is not yet marked on Merrett's Map of 1834. Part of a distinguished group of buildings in Suffolk Square. Residential home includes Faithfull House (central and southern part) (qv). (Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 46; Merrett HS: Plan of the Town of Cheltenham: 1834-; Blake S: Notes).

Listing NGR: SO9454521565

External Links

• Wikidata Q26667559

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