Ellenborough House and attached area railings is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1955. Villa. 2 related planning applications.

Ellenborough House and attached area railings

WRENN ID
empty-shingle-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheltenham
Constituency
Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1955
Type
Villa
Address
Ellenborough House and attached area railings, Clarence Road, GL52 2BB
OS grid reference
SO 952 228
Coordinates
51.90428, -2.07003
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ellenborough House is a villa, later adapted for use as a nursing home and subsequently converted into apartments in 2021, with attached area railings. It was built between 1832 and 1833, likely by either John Forbes or W.A. Watson. The villa is constructed of stucco over brick with concealed roof sections and end stacks featuring cornices.

The exterior features three storeys with a basement and three windows on the first floor. Stucco detailing includes tooled architraves to the ground and first floor windows, with cornices to the ground floor windows; a frieze and cornice above the first and second floors; and a blocking course. Blind windows are present on the exterior. The first floor has six-pane sash windows, while the second floor features three-pane sashes. A flight of five roll-edged steps leads to the central entrance, which contains a six-panel door with an overlight within a distyle Ionic porch, supported by a pulvinated frieze and modillion cornice.

The garden facade, facing Pittville Park, has five windows on the first floor with similar stucco detailing. The ground and first floors have six-pane sashes, while the second floor has three-pane sashes. The left return elevation includes six-pane sashes and a centrally placed part-glazed door.

The interior is reputedly home to an original staircase with stick balusters and a wreathed handrail, though the building has not been inspected. Subsidiary features includes first-floor windows with blind boxes. The porch on the left return has uprights adorned with a scrolled lozenge motif, and the area railings to the left feature a similar scrolled lozenge design.

The villa was originally constructed as part of a development undertaken for Joseph Pitt between 1825 and 1842, with the overall layout designed by Joseph Forbes. It was originally known as Pittville Mansion.

Local climate

Ellenborough House and attached area railings 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 — 14 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • 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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