Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9421NE VITTORIA WALK
630-1/18/525 (East side)
14/12/83 Regent Cottage with boundary wall
and gate piers
(Formerly Listed as:
VITTORIA WALK
Boundary wall and gatepiers NW of
Regent House and W of No.16
Montpellier Walk)

GV II

Stables and carriage house (now garages and flat), boundary
wall and gate piers. c1825. Architect JB Papworth, for Pearson
Thompson. Pinkish-brown brick with hipped slate roof. Stables
U-shaped on plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. Casements
throughout, that to centre, ground floor is segmentally
arched. Ground floor has double plank doors to centre and
left, otherwise concealed by later range (not included).
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: wall with stone copings approx 2m high
and 10m long; irregular bond, adjoins 2 ashlar panelled gate
piers on plinths and with frieze with lozenge motif, cornice
and moulded caps.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Regent House was built by Papworth for
Thompson as his home.
Forms an architectural unit with Regent House, Montpellier
Drive and attached boundary walls and railings (qv). An
important example of a surviving carriage house to one of
Cheltenham's earlier (and provenanced) villas and a
significant streetscape feature.

Listing NGR: SO9483921867

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667735

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)