Jessop House and Attached Railings to Numbers 30 and 31 is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1972. House, shop. 5 related planning applications.
Jessop House and Attached Railings to Numbers 30 and 31
- WRENN ID
- moated-glass-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1972
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- Jessop House and Attached Railings to Numbers 30 and 31, 31a and 32, Cambray Place, GL50 1JP
- OS grid reference
- SO 950 222
- Coordinates
- 51.89886, -2.0728
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Jessop House and the attached railings to numbers 30 and 31 are three terraced houses, now serving as houses and shops, built around 1820 to 1850. The buildings feature pinkish-brown brick with stucco facades on numbers 31 and 32, and have concealed slate roofs, brick party-wall stacks, and wrought-iron railings and balconies with lead decorations. The structure is four storeys high with basements and has a total of 12 first-floor windows, with four for each house.
The stucco detailing on numbers 31 and 32 includes incised Greek key decoration on the first floor and an incised cambered arch motif on the first and second floors. The first and second floors have 6/6 sash windows, with the first floor windows being taller, while the third floor features 3/3 sashes. The ground floor has a 6/6 sash window for number 31 and 1/1 sashes for number 30. The entrances to numbers 30 and 31 are accessed by steps leading to off-centre right entrances, featuring 6-panel doors with fanlights; the door for number 30 has decorative glazing. The ground floors also have glazed shop fronts.
The interior has not been inspected. Notably, numbers 30 and 31 have first-floor balconies adorned with a rod and flower motif, and the railings feature twists at the heads and urns on the stanchions. This building forms a group with and is adjacent to Sita House, numbers 1 and 2 Bath Street.
Local climate
Jessop House and Attached Railings to Numbers 30 and 31 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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