Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9421SW THE PARK 630-1/22/895 (East side) 14/12/83 Nos.1 AND 3 Batsford (No.1) and Mountview (No.3)

GV II

Pair of semi-detached villas. c1830-50 with later additions and alterations. Stucco over brick with hipped slate roof and stucco ridge stacks. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement, 2:4:2:1 windows. 4-window range between recessed 2-window ranges, that to right has projecting ground-floor porch at angle, porch to left has been extended and raised to full height; further single-bay range set back to right. Stucco detailing includes moulded first-floor sill band; tooled architraves to windows, those to ground floor have cornices on console brackets. 6/6 sashes where original, those to far left are tripartite with 2/2 between 2/2 sashes to ground and first floor, that to ground floor has cornice on console brackets. Basement has 4/8 sashes where original. Entrances: flights of 8 roll-edged steps to 6-fielded-panel doors with fanlights (blocked to left) in tooled architrave with keystone and imposts, pilasters have incised Greek key motif. House to left has further round-arched opening with blind window and further inserted entrance to left return. Wide eaves. Returns have round-arched staircase sashes. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: The Park had been laid out by 1833 by its owner Thomas Billings as an oval tree-lined drive with a central park which for a short period in the mid-C19 became a zoological garden. In 1839 the development was bought by Samuel Daukes who continued the building. One of the principal developments influenced by White's and Nash's schemes for Regent's Park (1809-11). (Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 36,92; Merrett HS: Plan of the Town of Cheltenham: 1834-; Girouard M: The English Town: 1990-: 270-271).



Listing NGR: SO9422921127

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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