Numbers 46 To 50 And Attached Railings

Numbers 46 to 50 and attached railings form a terrace of five houses built between 1835 and 1836. They were constructed as part of the development of the Pittville Estate in Cheltenham, designed by the architect John Forbes. The houses are stucco over brick, with concealed roof, brick and stucco end and party-wall stacks. The exterior features horizontal rustication forming bands between windows to the ground floor, drawn into voussoirs above openings and forming elliptical arch recesses above windows; a first-floor sill band; an architrave, frieze and cornice with a blocking course. The windows are generally 6/6 sashes, with taller sashes to the ground floor, and 8/8 sashes in the basement. The houses have three storeys and basements. The right-hand entrances, except for number 50 which has a left-hand entrance, are accessed by flights of steps featuring roll-edged details. Original recessed four-panel doors, some part-glazed with side-lights and overlights containing diamond glazing-bars, remain. The rear of the building retains 6/6 sashes. First-floor balconies, one to each house, have a quatrefoil design, and the verandah to number 49 features a similar motif on the stanchions. The railings to the sides of the steps have flattened spearheads. The property now functions as a rest home (number 46) and a guest house (number 50). The interior was not inspected.