Boyne House

CHELTENHAM

SO9421NE COLLEGE ROAD 630-1/18/294 (West side) 14/12/83 No.41 Boyne House

II

Villa now college boarding house. c1830-40 with later additions and alterations. Stucco over brick and hipped slate roof, gault brick ridge and end stacks. Double depth plan with central hallway. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic, 5 first-floor windows with single-storey service wing to right side. Stucco detailing includes plinth, quoins; moulded first-floor sill band; tooled architraves to first-floor windows with cornices on consoles; console brackets to wide eaves. Ground floor has tall 1/1 sashes; first floor has central tripartite window with 6/6 between 2/2 sashes, otherwise 6/6 sashes. Attic has C20 multi-pane windows. Central entrance a 5 fielded-panel door with side-lights and overlight. Left return has 2 + 10 first-floor window range. Stucco detailing as main facade. Ground floor has 6/6 sashes; first floor has pairs of 2/2 sashes with round-arched heads. Rear has round-arched staircase window. INTERIOR: retains openwork staircase with alternate stick and embellished iron balusters and lion's paw foot. Coalbrookdale tile floor to hall; cavetto-moulded and egg-and-dart cornices, moulded cornice with lilies; fireplaces in marble and slate. Otherwise not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: reputed to have been a private house before acquired as boarding houses c1840-50.

Listing NGR: SO9497821595