Saintbridge House Old Peoples Home

Saintbridge House is a house that now serves as a home for the elderly. It was largely rebuilt in 1835 for James Wintle and is designed in a style similar to villas by Papworth in Cheltenham. It is believed to incorporate part of an earlier house at the rear. The building was converted in 1954 for its current use, with a large extension added in 1962. The structure is made of brick, with the front faced in ashlar, and features a hipped slate roof with boxed eaves and brick stacks. The house is a double-depth block set back at a right angle to the street, with wings extending to the rear.

The exterior consists of two storeys and includes modillion brackets at the eaves. The symmetrical front faces south and has three bays. On the ground floor, there is a Doric porch with a semicircular arched entrance doorway, featuring a fanlight with radiating bars and double doors with glazed upper panels. The bays on either side of the porch are set in shallow, segmental-arched recesses, with a tripartite sash window with glazing bars (3x4 and 1x4 panes) on the ground floor, and three sashes with glazing bars (3x4 panes) on the first floor.

Inside, the ground floor boasts excellent original fittings, including a central staircase with a curtail step, open string, stick balusters, and a ramped handrail. The doorways have reeded architraves, and there are panelled doors and marble chimney pieces. Similar fittings are believed to remain on the first floor.