The Old Priory And Attached Walls, Piers And Gate

CHELTENHAM

SO9422NE CLARENCE STREET 630-1/9/279 (South side) 05/05/72 No.70 The Old Priory and attached walls, piers and gate (Formerly Listed as: CLARENCE STREET (South side) No.70 Presbytery of the Church of St Gregory the Great)

GV II

Former presbytery with attached walls, piers and gate. Dated 1881. Probably by Boultons of Cheltenham. Coursed, squared limestone rubble over brick with dressed quoins and concealed roof, iron gate. Gothic Revival style. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 2 first-floor windows. Quoins to angles; central off-set buttress with niche at first floor and statue of St Gregory. Moulded first-floor band. Windows, alike: 2-cusped lights with mullions and transoms, those to ground floor have quatrefoil in head and inscribed 'Jesus' and 'Maria', with hoodmoulds. Those to first floor have date in roundel to heads and voussoirs over. Entrance range set back to right with plank door, forms link building to St Gregory's Church. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: coursed limestone wall abuts at left and is approx 2m high with double-chamfered coping, return along front facade is approx 1m high with chamfered coping, extending for approx 10m to piers, square on plan with trefoiled heads and gate with panelled lower stage surmounted by spearhead bars. HISTORICAL NOTE: built as the presbytery to RC Church of St Gregory. The church was designed by C Hanson (1854-7) and completed by Boultons of Cheltenham with Mr Acock of Cheltenham, builder. Abuts Church of St Gregory, St James's Square (qv).

Listing NGR: SO9458922561