County House

County House is a villa that has been converted into offices, built around 1839 to 1842 with restorations in the 1980s. It features ashlar stonework and a hipped slate roof. The building has a double-depth, square plan with a central hallway.

The exterior is two-and-a-half storeys high, with attics and a basement, and has three windows on the first floor. The basement includes a moulded string course and quoins at the corners, while the first floor has a moulded sill band and a moulded band on the second floor. The wide eaves are supported by scroll brackets that interrupt the cornice. A central Doric porch is adorned with two pairs of columns and pilasters, and features triglyphs and metopes on the frieze. There is a flight of steps leading to replacement doors with an overlight set in a tooled architrave. The ground floor has tripartite windows, with a 6/6 sash between two 2/2 sashes, all having sills and cornices on consoles. The first floor has 6/6 sash windows throughout, also in tooled architraves, while the second floor features small casement windows. The attic has three pedimented dormers with 3/3 sashes. The left return has 6/6 sashes on the ground floor and basement, also in tooled architraves, with the ground floor windows having sills and cornices on consoles.

Inside, the villa includes a central hallway and an open-well staircase with an ornate iron balustrade and wreathed handrail. The ground floor is embellished with decorative cornices.

Historically, the Bayshill Estate was developed by a joint stock company that purchased the land from the Skillicorne family in 1837. By 1843, Henry Davies noted in his Guide to Cheltenham that there were several detached villas, some occupied by affluent families and others still unfinished. He described this area as part of a superb group of villas that make Bayshill Road one of the finest architectural roads in England. The villa exhibits some Italianate style characteristics typical of many mid-19th century villas, with its low hipped roof and bracketed eaves.