Numbers 99-119 And Attached Railings

Terrace of 13 houses and attached railings, Cheltenham, dating from approximately 1830 to 1840, with Nos 109 to 119 completed by 1834. The buildings now serve as offices and a shop with flats above. Nos 6 and 8 St George's Road are included within this listing, as are Nos 2 and 4 St George's Road, now part of No. 99 Promenade. Later additions and alterations were made, including works to the rear of No. 99 in the 1970s.

The terrace is constructed of stucco over brick with a slate roof, brick and stucco party-wall stacks, and some rear stacks. Wrought-iron verandahs and railings form integral features of the design.

The terrace is arranged symmetrically with breakforwards at either end and a central raised parapet and pediment. Full-height service ranges occupy the rear. The main front elevation presents three storeys above basements, with attic storeys to Nos 107, 109, 111 and to No. 99 at its return. There are 39 first-floor windows, with three windows per house. The stucco detailing includes horizontal rustication to the ground floor and plain segmental-arched recesses around windows with voussoirs to the heads. Full-height Doric pilasters interrupt the second-floor band. A crowning entablature caps the composition. A pediment sits over the central house (No. 109) with parapets to either side, all featuring sunk panels.

The windows are 6/6 sashes where original, with the taller examples on the first floor set in plain reveals with sills. Attic windows to the left return are 3/6 sashes within a raised parapet. Basement windows are 3/6 sashes. Entrances to the right feature flights of roll-edged steps leading to 4-panel doors and double doors with tooled wooden doorcases and deep cambered-arched overlights. Within are 4-panel, part-glazed doors with sidelights and overlights containing decorative glazing bars. Further basement entrances have 4-panel doors, some part-glazed, with overlights and glazing bars. The ground floor at No. 99 (left side) features a 1970s shop front. The right return has a 5-window facade with matching stucco detailing and fluted Ionic columns rising through the first to third floors. The first floor contains tripartite 1/1 sashes. The second floor has tall 6/6 sashes alternating with 2/2 sashes, set in tooled architraves with cornices on consoles. The third floor alternates between 6/6 and 2/2 sashes and 6/6 sashes, all in tooled architraves.

The rear elevations are predominantly fitted with 6/6 sashes, some with margin-lights and others (to the staircases) with radial glazing to the heads. Nos 99, 101 and 103 feature elaborately treated rear elevations. No. 99 has a full-height bow with a second-floor band and crowning entablature; the sashes are curved on plan and comprise 6/6 and 8/8 examples. The ground floor has a 1970s glazed shop front. Taylor's Tea Shop at No. 101 has sash windows in tooled surrounds with a crowning cornice.

The interior retains original plasterwork and joinery, including dogleg staircases with stick balusters and wreathed handrails where these remain original.

Subsidiary features include roofed verandahs with balconies to Nos 109 to 119, decorated with star and lozenge patterns and uprights bearing double-headed anthemion motifs, with tent roofs. Area railings feature X-motifs. Railings to the sides of steps have wreathed handrails. Individual balconies to the left return at second-floor level are decorated with star and lozenge pattern motifs.

The Promenade was laid out in 1818 as a tree-lined drive to the Sherborne Spa (located on the site of the later Queen's Hotel) extending from the Colonnade in the High Street. By 1826 it had been developed as a carriage drive with spacious gravelled walks on each side. The buildings on the north-west side were the first to be developed. This terrace is recognised as one of Cheltenham's finest Regency compositions.