St Gregory's Priory, St James' Square

Image: © Philip Halling Taken: 15 Sep 2017

10 St James' Square or St Gregory's Priory is a Georgian style Grade II listed house and was built around 1830-4. The building stands next to the Roman Catholic St Gregory's church. The poet Tennyson lived here. Historic England description House, now priory. c1830-34 with later additions and alterations. Ashlar over brick (stuccoed at right) with concealed roof, end stucco stacks with cornices and iron balconies. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basement, 3 first-floor windows, with blind entrance bay set back to right and further single-storey range at right. Ashlar detailing includes end Doric pilasters to main range, surmounted by crowning entablature. Ground-floor string course, first- and second-floor bands; tooled architraves to first-floor windows. 6/6 sashes, in plain reveals and with sills. Basement has 6/6 sashes. Entrance at right has flight of 4 roll-edged steps to part-glazed double doors with overlight set behind 2 Doric columns with entablature which are surmounted by overhang. Right range has central multi-pane fixed light with tooled architrave, cornice on consoles, between 2 round-arched fixed lights, low parapet and copings. Otherwise right return has 6/6 and 3/6 sashes. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: individual balconies to ground and second floors have lozenge pattern with cast lead tassels, the design derived from L N Cottingham, plate 16. First floor has Carron Company double-heart-and-anthemion motif to continuous balcony. HISTORICAL NOTE: Tennyson lived here. (Chatwin A: Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork: Cheltenham: 1975-1984: 35). Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1387868

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