Numbers 1 To 11 11A 15 And 17 And Attached Railings

This is a terrace of nine houses at numbers 1 to 11 and 11A, and two further houses at numbers 15 and 17, built around 1830 to 1840. They are located on the west side of Great Norwood Street, Cheltenham, and include attached iron railings and area railings to Nos 15 and 17. The houses are of stucco construction over brick, with concealed roofs, brick party-wall stacks, and wrought-iron window guards and balconies. They are arranged in a double-depth plan with right-side hallways.

The external appearance is of three storeys, with numbers 15 and 17 having basements and number 31 an attic. There are 18 first-floor windows, two per house. Stucco detailing includes continuous bands at first and second floor levels, a frieze, cornice, and blocking course. The original windows are 6/6 sashes, taller on the first floor, with plain reveals and sills. The main entrances are to the right and consist mainly of five-panel doors with overlights; numbers 15 and 17 have decorative glazing bars and pediments supported on corbels. Shop fronts have been added to numbers 1, 7, and 11 (in the 18th and 19th centuries), and numbers 3, 5, and 9 (in the 20th century). Number 1 has a shop front with an off-centre glazed entrance between plate-glass windows, slender pilasters, a frieze, and a cornice. Number 11 has turned pilasters, a two-pane front with a frieze and cornice, and a part-glazed door with overlight. The right return has three first-floor windows with 6/6 sashes, and the second floor has one blind window.

A continuous first-floor balcony with a concentric-rod-and-circle motif is present at number 3. Window guards to numbers 7, 9, 15 and 17 feature a web motif, while those at numbers 11 and 11A have a Carron Company double-heart-and-anthemion motif. The area railings to numbers 15 and 17 have a concave scrolled lozenge motif. There is also a short run of arrowhead railings between the houses.

Historical records indicate that number 1 was a draper's shop, number 3 a butcher, and number 11 a tailor's shop in 1892. The terrace was laid out and partially constructed by 1834, and is part of a larger group of fine terrace houses dating to the 1830s and 1840s. The interior of the properties has not been inspected.