Gainsborough House and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. Offices. 4 related planning applications.

Gainsborough House and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
seventh-obsidian-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheltenham
Constituency
Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1983
Type
Offices
Address
Gainsborough House and Attached Railings, 42 and 44, Bath Road, GL53 7HJ
OS grid reference
SO 950 220
Coordinates
51.89677, -2.07358
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gainsborough House, built around 1830-1840, consists of two houses that are now used as offices, along with attached area railings. The building features stucco over brick with a concealed roof, a gault brick party-wall stack, and iron railings. It has a double-depth plan and stands three storeys high with a basement. The façade includes six first-floor windows and a two-storey, one-window range to the left. All windows are 6/6 sashes set in plain reveals with sills. The cornice has been renewed, and there is a coped blocking course. The central entrances have roll-edged steps leading to renewed six-panel doors with divided overlights. The left return has been much renewed in a similar style. The interior has not been inspected. The area railings feature arrowhead designs with anthemions on the stanchions.

Local climate

Gainsborough House and Attached Railings 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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