Selby Lodge And Attached Railings

CHELTENHAM

SO9422SE CAMBRAY PLACE 630-1/13/223 (South East side) 12/03/55 No.22 Selby Lodge and attached railings

GV II

Villa, now offices, and attached railings. c1810-1820: shown on the Post Office Map of 1820, with later additions including c1980s range to rear. Brick with ashlar facades and slate roof, end stacks; iron railings and window box. Double depth plan with central hallway. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with basement, 5 first-floor windows, with single-storey on basement, single bays to ends. Stucco detailing includes end pilasters to main range; first-floor band with Greek key motif; central breakforward. Ground floor has 6/6 sashes, otherwise 3/3 sashes to first floor and 3/6 sashes to basement; all in plain reveals and with sills. Central entrance: flight of roll-edged steps to 6-fielded-panel door between pilaster strips with sidelights and fluted frieze; fanlight with decorative radial glazing. To rear: semicircular window to first floor with decorative glazing. INTERIOR: embellished cornices including acanthus cornice with Greek key motif to ceiling frieze; doors with tooled architraves and rosettes to corners, 6-fielded-panel doors, one curved on section. Open-well staircase has stick balusters with wrought-iron scroll embellishments and wreathed handrail. Some original marble fireplaces. Shutters have embellished panels. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings to sides of steps and to ends of main range; door has hand-and-wreath knocker; window boxes to ground floor at rear. HISTORICAL NOTE: Cambray Place was laid out as an avenue leading to Cambray House, at one time rented by the Duke of Wellington but since demolished and replaced by a mid-C20 block of flats.

Listing NGR: SO9499422156