Number 2 and Attached Wall and Area Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1972. Semi-detached villas. 1 related planning application.

Number 2 and Attached Wall and Area Railings

WRENN ID
high-roof-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheltenham
Constituency
Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 May 1972
Type
Semi-detached villas
Address
Number 2 and Attached Wall and Area Railings, Montpellier Grove, GL50 2XB
OS grid reference
SO 946 214
Coordinates
51.89174, -2.07887
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 2 is a pair of semi-detached villas located on Montpellier Grove, built around 1830-1840. The building features stucco over brick with an ashlar porch and a concealed roof, along with iron area railings.

The exterior is two stories tall with six first-floor windows. Notable stucco detailing includes a first-floor band with full-height Doric pilasters at the ends and around the center and outer windows, topped by a continuous frieze and cornice. The ground floor has horizontal rustication, and all windows are 6/6 sashes, taller on the ground floor, set in plain reveals with sills. The basement contains both 6/6 and 8/8 sashes.

Entrances are located in porches on the return elevations. The right entrance has a flight of roll-edged steps leading to a four-panel door with a fanlight featuring radial glazing bars. The left entrance has three steps leading to another four-panel door in a projecting porch, which includes a lattice frieze, a fanlight with radial glazing bars, and a tooled arch with a keystone in a pilastered surround with an entablature. The left return features three irregularly spaced first-floor windows, full-height pilasters at the ends, a 6/6 sash over the porch, a 3/3 sash to the left, and a round-arched staircase window, with blind openings on the right.

Inside, the villa retains original joinery and plasterwork, including panelled shutters, panelled doors, moulded cornices, and fireplaces. The area railings display a scrolled lozenge motif, and the wall to the right has a round-arched opening and copings, abutting Nos 3 and 4 Montpellier Grove.

Local climate

Number 2 and Attached Wall and Area Railings receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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