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Lansdown Court East and Lansdown Court West

A Grade II Listed Building in Lansdown, Gloucestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8959 / 51°53'45"N

Longitude: -2.0871 / 2°5'13"W

OS Eastings: 394099

OS Northings: 221935

OS Grid: SO940219

Mapcode National: GBR 2MB.14X

Mapcode Global: VH947.RLZY

Plus Code: 9C3VVWW7+94

Entry Name: Lansdown Court East and Lansdown Court West

Listing Date: 12 March 1955

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1103853

English Heritage Legacy ID: 474980

ID on this website: 101103853

Location: Bays Hill, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50

County: Gloucestershire

District: Cheltenham

Electoral Ward/Division: Lansdown

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Cheltenham

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Cheltenham Christ Church

Church of England Diocese: Gloucester

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Description


CHELTENHAM

SO9421NW MALVERN ROAD 630-1/17/515 (West side) 12/03/55 Lansdown Court East and Lansdown Court West

GV II

Pair of semi-detached villas, now flats. c1830-1835. Architect: RW Jearrad. Ashlar over brick with hipped slate roof and iron balconies. Italianate style. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys on basement, with 4-stage 'towers', 1:4:1 first-floor windows and 2-storey, 2-bay ranges set back to either side; service ranges to rear. Double depth plan with projecting porches to angles of main range and recessed single-bays. Ashlar detailing includes tooled architraves to all windows, those to first floor are eared, those to ground floor are round-arched and have continuous impost band. Casement windows throughout, those to ground floor are tall and have fanlights. Wide eaves on paired brackets. Porches have round-arched openings to 3 sides with tooled heads on imposts and keystones, flights of roll-edged steps to panelled doors with fanlights. Towers are set back from entrance bays as 4th storey, and have round-arched openings. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: ground-floor windows have individual balconies with embellished rods and anthemion motif. HISTORICAL NOTE: RW and C Jearrad bought the Lansdown development from Pearson Thompson c1829-30, dismissing his architect, JB Papworth, and continuing building to their own designs.



Listing NGR: SO9407621925

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