Tyndale And Clarence Lodge And Attached Railings

CHELTENHAM

SO9522NW CLARENCE ROAD 630-1/10/262 (South side) 12/03/55 Tyndale and Clarence Lodge and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: CLARENCE SQUARE (South side) Tyndale and Clarence Lodge)

GV II

Pair of semi-detached villas and attached railings. 1834, probably by Robert Stokes, architect. Stucco over brick with concealed roof, brick and stucco central stacks and iron railings and balconies. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, with attic to Tyndale, and basements, 6 first-floor window range (3 per house), the outer 1-window ranges have porches to ground floor and are recessed to first floor; each with range to rear. Stucco detailing includes pilaster strips to ground-floor, central 4-window range, surmounted by rusticated segmental arches (forming wide, shallow window recesses); first-floor band surmounted by Ionic columns to ends and between windows of central range; architrave, frieze and cornice with blocking course. 6/6 sashes throughout in tooled architraves; except basements have 8/8 sashes. End entrances: flights of roll-edged steps to part-glazed doors, with overlight to Tyndale and in surround with Doric pilasters; and to Clarence Lodge a fanlight, in shallow distyle Doric porch; both have frieze with triglyphs and metopes, cornice and blocking course. Attic dormers to rear. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: stick balusters to sides of steps, wreathed handrail to Clarence Lodge. Lancet railings to left of Tyndale. Ground-floor balconies on fluted stucco pillars have scrolled lozenge pattern balconies derived from LN Cottingham (plate 16). (Similar balconies elsewhere in Clarence Square (qqv)). HISTORICAL NOTE: part of the Pittville Estate, built as part of the development of this area undertaken for Joseph Pitt in 1825-42, the general layout being designed by the architect John Forbes. Tyndale and Clarence Lodge were originally known as 1 and 2 Pittville Terrace North, Clarence Road was renamed after the Duke of Clarence, who became William IV in 1830. Tyndale sold to James de Vitre, esq for »1600, 2 Dec 1834; Clarence Lodge sold to Mary Carden, widow for »1410, 12 Oct

1. (Sampson A and Blake S: A Cheltenham Companion: Cheltenham: 1993-: 30; Blake S: Pittville: 1824-1860: Cheltenham: 1988-: 37,58; Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 35).

Listing NGR: SO9510622876