Devonshire House Lonsdale House And Attached Area Railings

Devonshire House, Lonsdale House, and the attached area railings are a pair of houses that now function as a hotel on the left and flats on the right. They were built between 1800 and 1820 and feature ashlar stonework over a brick structure with a slate mansard roof on the left, which is concealed on the right, and a wrought-iron balcony.

The buildings stand three storeys high with an attic and basement, and there is a single-storey entrance porch set back to the right. Each house has three first-floor windows, with ashlar detailing that includes horizontal rustication on the ground floor and arched recesses around the windows on the right. The windows are primarily 6/6 sashes, with taller ones on the first floor. The first-floor windows of Devonshire House have tooled architraves and cornices. Additional architectural features include a second-floor band, a frieze and cornice over the second floor, and a crowning cornice over the attic storey on the right. There are roof dormers on the left side.

The entrance on the left has a door with an overlight featuring glazing bars. The porch, set back on the right return, has steps leading to double doors and an overlight with glazing bars, flanked by incised Greek key pilasters, a frieze, a cornice, and a blocking course. The rear of each house has full-height extensions, with each featuring three tripartite sashes, a mix of 6/6 and 2/2 sashes, and further 3/3 sashes between 1/1 sashes on Devonshire House. The first and second-floor windows on the left have blind boxes.

The area railings have a cross-and-circle motif, while the first-floor continuous balcony features a rod-and-circle motif. This pair of houses occupies an important corner site on Bath Road, which is one of the main approach roads to Cheltenham town centre.