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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667578

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Recommended Books

• 
  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)