Westminster House And Attached Area Railings

CHELTENHAM

SO9522SW CAMBRAY PLACE 630-1/14/225 (South East side) 05/05/72 No.26 Westminster House and attached area railings (Formerly Listed as: CAMBRAY PLACE (South side) Cavendish House Galleries)

GV II

Villa, now offices with attached area railings. c1810-1820: shown on the Post Office Map of 1820, with later alterations. Ashlar over brick, now stuccoed, with concealed roof and renewed brick end stacks; wrought-iron area railings. Double depth plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement, 3 first-floor windows. First-floor band, eaves band and low parapet. Steps to central entrance, 6-fielded-panel double doors with fanlight with decorative glazing in distyle Ionic porch with architrave, frieze, cornice and blocking course. Ground floor has tripartite windows, 6/6 between 2/2 sashes in shallow-arched recessed with fan ornament in tympana and aprons below. First floor has 6/6 sashes in plain reveals. Second floor removed. INTERIOR: renewed to ground floor, otherwise not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area railings have X-motif. HISTORICAL NOTE: Cambray Place was laid out as an avenue leading to Cambray House, at one time rented by the Duke of Wellington but since demolished and replaced by a mid-C20 block of flats. A similar design to No.27 (qv).

Listing NGR: SO9502422189