Numbers 8 And 9 And Adjoining Walls

CHELTENHAM

SO9421NE MONTPELLIER VILLAS 630-1/18/567 (East side) 03/12/82 Nos.8 AND 9 and adjoining walls (Formerly Listed as: MONTPELLIER VILLAS (East side) Nos.6-9 (Consecutive))

GV II

Pair of houses and walls adjoining. c1824-8. Architect probably John Forbes. Ashlar over brick with brick and stucco party-wall stacks and slate roof. Double-depth plan with outer stairwells. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with basement and attics with single-storey entrance bays set back to sides and walls adjoining. Ashlar detailing includes first-floor band; 2 crowning incised bands, moulded string, frieze and cornice with stepped blocking course. Ground and first floors have 6/6 sashes in plain reveals and with sills. Those to ground floor have wider, segmental-arched openings and blind boxes with lozenge motif. Basements have 4/8 sashes where original. End entrances: renewed steps to 6-panel doors (the upper panels raised and fielded) and overlights (that to right with margin-lights), in plain reveals. First-floor band continues over entrance. Low walls adjoining have plank doors and copings. INTERIOR: noted as having original joinery including panelled shutters. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: coped walls abut to sides. HISTORICAL NOTE: the street was originally known as Montpellier Retreat. Forbes was architect to the Pittville Estate c1835-6. Revd L Lewis lived at No.8 c1845. Walls abut No.7 at left (qv). (Rowe G: Illustrated Cheltenham Guide 1850: Cheltenham: 1845-1969: 38; Blake S: 'The Unfortunate Mr Forbes': Cheltenham Local History Society Journal: 1989-: 7-27).

Listing NGR: SO9466921563