Numbers 17 And 19 And Attached Area Railings

CHELTENHAM

SO9421SW PARK PLACE 630-1/22/629 (West side) 12/03/55 Nos.17 AND 19 and attached area railings

GV II

Pair of semi-detached villas, now flats, and attached area railings. c1820-32 with later additions and alterations including late C19 bay to right. Stucco over brick with hipped slate roof (artificial slate at left), brick and stucco end and party-wall stacks; reddish-brown brick walls with stone copings, iron railings, gates and overthrow, and balcony. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on basement, 7 first-floor windows (5:2) with single-storey entrance bay and further single bay to right. Centre bay to left house set back. Stucco detailing includes pilasters through ground and first floors with incised Greek key motifs to ends and between houses, with similar pilasters to first floor above to either side of central window of left house, pilasters interrupt first-floor band, frieze, except to centre of left house. Similar pilaster strips to range to far right. 6/6 sashes throughout, taller to ground floor except to far right a tripartite window with 2/2 narrow sashes with margin-lights and decorative 'Gothic' glazing to heads, several retaining blind boxes. Entrances: to centre of left house a Doric porch with 2 pairs of columns, architrave, frieze with triglyphs and metopes, cornice and blocking course; within a 5-panel door with fluting to lower panels with sidelights, and overlight with margin-lights. To right, flight of roll-edged steps to off-centre entrance a 6-fielded-panel door with sidelights and cambered overlight with batwing and circle glazing bars. Basement has 10/10 sashes. Rear retains 6/6 sashes, No.19 has round-arched staircase sash. INTERIOR: retain original features including plasterwork and marble floor to hall, and joinery including tooled architraves with cornices to doors. Otherwise not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: ground-floor balcony to rear of No.19 has scrolled lozenge motif, and with scrolled lozenges to area railings. HISTORICAL NOTE: Park Place was developed by 1832. Forms a group with Walls, railings, gates and lamp-overthrow to No.19, Park Place (qv). (Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 34).

Listing NGR: SO9428321367