15 and 17, Clarence Street

Nos. 15 and 17 Clarence Street are shops with flats above, built around 1825 to 1834. They appear on Merrett's Map of 1834 but not on the Post Office Map of 1820. The buildings have undergone later alterations, including ground floor glazing from the 1970s. The exterior is made of stucco over brick and features a concealed roof. It stands three storeys high with three first-floor windows and outer niches in breakfronts. The stucco detailing includes a continuous first-floor sill band, recessed panels above the niches, and a long panel across the first-floor windows. There is also a continuous sill band on the second floor, along with an architrave, frieze, and cornice with a blocking course. The ground floor has Tower of Winds pilasters at the original entrances, which now have 1970s glazing on the left and a glazed door on the right, topped with an entablature. The first and second floors have three tripartite sash windows, with a 6/6 configuration between 2/2, and the ground floor windows are taller. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, by 1844, this location housed the Cheltenham and Gloucester Bank, the first joint stock bank in the town.