19 and 21, Clarence Street

This building comprises two shops and offices, dating to approximately 1825-34. It was depicted on Merrett’s Map of 1834 but not the Post Office Map of 1820, and features 1970s shop fronts to the ground floor. The building is constructed of brick with stucco facades, and has a slate roof with wrought-iron balconies.

The exterior is three storeys high with an attic, and has three windows on the first floor. The ground floor has external Egyptian pilasters topped with an architrave, frieze and cornice. Doric pilasters are present on the first and second floors, similarly topped with an architrave, frieze and cornice. Pilasters flank the centre and ends of the upper facade, finished with a frieze, cornice and blocking course. Six-pane sash windows are present on the first floor, with tooled architraves; the second floor windows are six-pane sashes with an incised ‘Greek key’ type motif. The attic windows are three-pane sashes in plain reveals with sills. The ground floor has 1970s glazing and glazed entrances.

The interior has not been inspected. The balconies have a double scroll motif. According to George Rowe’s Guide, published in 1850 but written in 1845, No. 19 was the location of the Cheltenham Examiner and the Artistic Lithographic Department of Mr George Rowe, while No. 21 was occupied by W Percival, a Kaleidographer and Fancy Stationer.