The Royal Gymnasium And Attached Railings

The Royal Gymnasium and attached railings, also known as St George's Hall, was built in 1864 by Frederick Mahomed, son of Sake Dene Mahomed. It is a stucco building, scored to resemble ashlar, with a slate roof and a gable facing Paston Place. The building has a rectangular plan with a long axis extending onto Sudeley Terrace.

The exterior is two storeys high over a basement, with a three-window facade on the main and return elevations. The main elevation is designed as a temple front with a tetrastyle portico of narrow Tuscan pilasters, supporting an entablature and a shallow pediment with a raking cornice. The pilasters and entablature extend across the return elevation for three bays. The architecture is described as "Greek Revival" but with unusual and mannered proportions, particularly evident on the returns where the intercolumniations are wide. The entablature is unusually broad, making the cornice a small feature. A flat-arched entrance is centrally placed on the main elevation, set within a smaller version of the portico, composed of Tuscan pilasters and an entablature. All windows are flat arched, with deep reveals and projecting sills. The first-floor windows on the main elevation have projecting cornices supported by console brackets. A second flat-arched entrance is located on the return elevation, leading to the rear, and the entablature is topped by a blocking course.

The interior was not inspected during the listing process.

Spear-headed cast-iron railings with French-curve brackets enclose the entrance and surrounding area on all sides.

The building originally opened as a gymnasium and fencing rooms in Church Street, before becoming St George's Church Hall in 1889 during renovations to the nearby church. Gymnasium fittings remained until 1962.