1, CRESCENT PLACE (See details for further address information)

A terrace of eight houses, now shops with flats above, was built around 1830 to 1840 and altered in the late 19th century. The terrace is located on Clarence Street, Cheltenham. The houses are constructed of stucco over brick, featuring concealed roof, and brick and stucco end and party-wall stacks.

The terrace has three storeys and attics at the outer ends, encompassing 16 first-floor windows, including one at each angle, which are curved on the building's plan. The stucco detailing includes horizontal rustication to the ground floor on the left-hand side. No. 30 has Tuscan pilasters to the ground floor at its outer ends. A stepped plat band runs along the second floor, interrupted by Tuscan pilasters extending through the ground, first, and second floors (except at Nos. 28 and 30). A continuous entablature is present, with a blocking course to the central range, rising to the attics at the left-hand side (No. 28), where the detailing is present; otherwise, there is a lower parapet and copings.

The first and second floors primarily feature 6/6 sash windows, with taller 9/9 sashes on the first floor and some 8/8 sashes on the second floor. The attic storey has 4/4 sashes, curved on plan to the angle, while others are blind or have casement windows. The ground floor features shop fronts, some boarded up, with a glazed door in the left-hand angle. Most of the ground floor shop fronts are 20th century additions, with the shop front at No. 36 displaying 1930s leaded glazing. A Victorian shop front with pilasters and corbel brackets to the frieze and cornice is present to the right. A four-panel, part-glazed door is located on the right return. A cornice is present over the ground floor and return.

The right return has three first-floor windows. Horizontal rustication is visible on the ground floor alongside aprons to the ground-floor windows, with a pilaster marking the end and first-floor band. The windows are 6/6 sashes, with some blind windows in the attic. A part-glazed, four-panel entrance door is present. The interior remains uninspected.

Historically, the terrace was not shown on Merrett’s Map of 1834. No. 36 was a greengrocer's shop in 1892, and No. 40 functioned as the Great Western Hotel from 1892 to 1957.