Cheltenham House and attached Theme and Variations sculpture

This building is an office constructed between 1970 and 1972 by Healing and Overbury for the Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society, and includes a sculpture called "Theme and Variations" by Barbara Hepworth. The building’s exterior is a steel-frame construction faced with Bath Stone ashlar and dressings, accentuated by green slate dressings around the window openings. Later additions include plate glass and polished stone cladding. The window frames are centrally-hinged, with aluminium exteriors and hardwood interiors. The sculpture itself is cast bronze by the Morris Singer Foundry and secured with steel fixings.

The façade presents a stripped-back neoclassical style with modern shop fronts at ground level. The upper floors have a curved, 28-window front with regular fenestration and pilasters across the three upper floors. An ashlar band extends down the west return wall. The first and second-floor windows feature green ashlar architraves and narrow cills, with a fluted frieze between them broken up by the pilasters. Three windows from the left project as oriels, faced in green ashlar. The corresponding openings on the third floor are recessed. A similar variation is repeated on the right end of the façade, where some third-floor openings are recessed and first-floor openings are blank and have attached sculptures.

The "Theme and Variations" sculpture comprises three overlapping, semi-circular bronze forms fixed to the building with steel fixings. To the right of the façade is a blank bay displaying the lettering "CHELTENHAM HOUSE" and a flagpole. Newer lettering is centrally located on the façade. Below the ashlar facade, a polished stone fascia with aluminium trim (with some modern replacements) follows the street level and overhangs the modern plate glass shop fronts, creating a small canopy. Shop fronts incorporate stone-clad columns, metal doors and stall risers. A ramp provides access to a basement car park, and vehicle access is located on the right end, leading to the rear of the building. An ashlar cornice with a fluted frieze sits above the second-floor openings, with further openings above. The ashlar parapet overhangs the façade and includes stop-chamfered detailing.