2, College Lawn is a Grade II listed building in the Cheltenham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. Villa. 2 related planning applications.

2, College Lawn

WRENN ID
dreaming-joist-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheltenham
Constituency
Cheltenham MP: Max Wilkinson (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1983
Type
Villa
Address
2, College Lawn, GL53 7AG
OS grid reference
SO 952 213
Coordinates
51.89084, -2.07065
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 2 College Lawn is a villa built between 1850 and 1860, now serving as an education centre. The building features stucco over brick with a hipped roof covered in artificial slate and a stucco stack at the right end of the front. An iron balcony adorns the exterior. The villa has a double depth plan with a rear, right stair hall.

It stands two storeys high with a basement and has four first-floor windows, along with a single-storey entrance porch to the right. The ground floor showcases stucco detailing, including quoins at the corners and horizontal rustication topped with a continuous tooled cornice and frieze (the porch has the frieze above the cornice). There is a continuous tooled sill band on the first floor, with a crowning frieze, cornice, and modillion eaves.

The windows throughout have tooled architraves; those on the ground floor feature ears and keystones, while the first-floor windows have cornices supported by acanthus brackets. The entrance boasts a tooled round arch with a keystone set on imposts. The ground floor windows are 2/2 sashes, taller than the 6/6 sashes found in the basement.

The entrance is accessed by a flight of renewed roll-edged steps flanked by coped low walls, leading to a set-back four-panel door with sidelights and a divided overlight between pilaster strips.

Inside, the villa retains original features such as embellished cornices with a ceiling frieze. The staircase has a rod on onion balusters and a handrail with a lion's paw foot, and some windows have shutters, although the interior was not fully inspected.

A continuous ground-floor balcony features an ornate balustrade. The design of this villa is similar to that of Nos 1 and 5 College Lawn.

Local climate

2, College Lawn receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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