Numbers 62, 64 And 66 And Attached Railings

This is a terrace of three houses at numbers 62, 64, and 66 Prestbury Road, Cheltenham, built in 1827 and 1831. The houses have attached area railings and boundary railings to the right. They are constructed of stucco over brick, with a hipped slate roof and stucco end and party-wall stacks.

The houses are arranged over two storeys, with attic storeys to the left and right, and feature nine first-floor windows. The windows are mostly replacements, with 1/1 sashes, some with horns. There is a blind central first-floor window to the centre and right houses. The attics have a 6/6 sash window to the left and casement windows to the right, all within plain reveals with sills. The entrances to the left houses have flights of steps leading to 6-panel doors, featuring raised and fielded upper panels and flush lower panels, alongside sidelights and overlights, all set beneath a crowning entablature. The rear of the houses retains original 6/6 sash windows.

The interiors have not been inspected. A continuous wrought-iron verandah runs along the front, with decorative anthemion motifs and scrolls to the uprights – a scroll frieze to the left, a 'draped' frieze to the centre, and a Gothic frieze to the right. Area railings feature arrowhead and X-motif designs, while the boundary railings to the right have urn finials. A second-floor balcony is located at the rear of the left-hand house (number 62). The houses were originally known as Pittville Place and are documented on Merrett’s 1834 Map. They were constructed as part of a development for Joseph Pitt between 1835 and 1842, with the general layout designed by the architect John Forbes.