1 to 6, Montpellier Avenue is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1955. Terrace, shop. 1 related planning application.
1 to 6, Montpellier Avenue
- WRENN ID
- south-granite-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1955
- Type
- Terrace, shop
- Address
- 1 to 6, Montpellier Avenue, GL50 1SA
- OS grid reference
- SO 945 219
- Coordinates
- 51.89624, -2.08088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a terrace of six shops with flats above, located at 1 to 6 Montpellier Avenue in Cheltenham. Built between 1831 and 1832, the terrace features later alterations and was designed by RW and C Jearrad. The exterior is finished in stucco over brick and has a mansard slate roof, with brick and stucco party-wall stacks on the right side.
The building stands two storeys high with attics in the mansard roof. It has six first-floor windows, with two located at No. 1. The end window bays project slightly forward. The first floor features 3/6 and 6/6 sash windows set in plain reveals, with tooled architraves. The outer windows are adorned with cornices supported by consoles. The ground floor retains Corinthian pilasters topped with a continuous frieze and dentil cornice. The entrances consist of double, part-glazed doors with overlights. The shop fronts mainly include 2- and 3-light round-headed windows with slender pilasters in between, while the left side has panelled pilasters and rectangular lights. A balustrade with bulbous balusters crowns the terrace, although the left side is missing this feature. The attics contain 2/2 sash windows in the roof dormers.
The interior has not been inspected. Historically, George Rowe noted in his 1845 Guide to Cheltenham, published in 1850, that the shops were occupied by various trades, including a tailor, a boots and shoes shop, a fishmonger and poulterer, and a general tea dealer and grocer. This terrace is part of the initial phase of the Montpellier shopping development and shares a similar design with the Montpellier Arcade.
Local climate
1 to 6, Montpellier Avenue receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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