44 and 46 (Benella) and attached railings Painswick Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1998. Villa. 17 related planning applications.
44 and 46 (Benella) and attached railings Painswick Road
- WRENN ID
- gentle-lime-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1998
- Type
- Villa
- OS grid reference
- SO 944 212
- Coordinates
- 51.8895, -2.08272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of semi-detached villas, numbered 44 and 46, and their attached railings, dating from approximately 1830 to 1850. The construction is stucco over brick, with a slate roof and brick end stacks.
The exterior presents two storeys over a basement, with four first-floor windows. The outer bays are wider and have gabled projections. Decorative stucco detailing includes quoins to the angles and raised party wall; a ground-floor band; a moulded first-floor band topped by a balustrade with a concentric circle motif. Windows have roll-moulded architraves ending in lower scroll details. The first floor has pairs of single-pane, round-arched sash windows with horns, and similar single windows are positioned between them. The ground floor has similar triple windows. Flights of steps lead to central entrances, featuring three-panel doors and fanlights with tooled arches supported by acanthus corbels and keystones. Low coped walls flank the steps. The basement has three single-pane sashes with chamfered mullions.
The interior of number 46 features a dogleg staircase with a lion’s paw detail on the newel. Original joinery includes four-panel doors and dividing doors. Original plasterwork includes moulded cornices. Number 44 retains similar interior features.
Attached arrowhead railings mark the boundary division.
Number 46 has been known as Benella since its construction. The villas form a pair with numbers 48 and 50, and share a similar design with numbers 7 and 8 Montpellier Grove.
Local climate
44 and 46 (Benella) and attached railings Painswick Road 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 — 8 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 17 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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