Edenham And Westbury And Attached Area Railings

CHELTENHAM

SO9523SW WELLINGTON SQUARE 630-1/6/993 (East side) 12/03/55 Edenham and Westbury and attached area railings

GV II

Pair of semi-detached villas with attached railings. c1838. Builder probably Edward Billings. Stucco over brick with concealed roof, stuccoed party-wall and end stacks; iron balconies and railings. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with basement and attic, 6 first-floor windows (3:3). End bays break forwards. Stucco detailing includes 3/4 engaged fluted Ionic columns through ground and first floors to ends of breakforwards, continuous dentil entablature over first floor. Ground and first floor windows have tooled architraves, except ground-floor outer windows which are in round-arched reveals. 6/6 sashes throughout, taller to first floor. 8/8 sashes to basement. Paired central entrances in projecting porch with round-arched openings on paired Doric pillars, cornice and surmounting balustrade with latticework to balcony. Within porch are part-glazed doors with sidelights and overlights. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: blind boxes to first-floor windows. Individual balconies with Carron Company double-heart-and-anthemion motif to first-floor windows. Area railings and urn finials to stanchions. HISTORICAL NOTE: 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. A robustly articulated neo-Classical design, one of the best examples in Cheltenham of its type. All listed buildings in Wellington Square form a good group around a central grassed area. (Blake S: Pittville: 1824-1860: Cheltenham: 1988-: 65).

Listing NGR: SO9522823137