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Promenade, CHELTENHAM, GL50 1LR

This magnificent building, built in French Renaissance style in the 1890s (the ground-floor shopfronts are 20th century) was given a Grade II listing https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101387621-numbers-6-to-24-and-st-albans-public-house-cheltenham#.WZvOxz596M9 in 1983. It was originally a row of 10 shops, with the St Albans inn at this end (i.e. the premises now occupied by the ubiquitous Costa Coffee)

This fine terrace of ten shops even numbers 6 to 24 Promenade was built in 1890. Constructed in French Renaissance style of ashlar over brick with polished granite columns and a mansard slate roof. The shopfronts are mid or late 20th century although the original arcaded ground floor treatment survives on the corner (Costa). Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1387621 Cheltenham is located at the foot of the Cotswold scarp with the small River Chelt flowing through the town. After the discovery of mineral springs in 1716 Cheltenham became a spa town and many Regency houses and other buildings were erected. The town is home to the renowned Cheltenham Festival, four days of horse jump racing culminating in the Gold Cup, held annually in March at the nearby racecourse.

A business at the High Street end of The Promenade.

All very luscious. The corner building was built by William Knight in 1880-81 for the Worcester City and County Bank. In 1890, he returned when in partnership with Henry Chatters to build the lower range beyond (Image]). Grade II listed. The corner building is now a branch of HSBC Bank.

I know Cheltenham well, I worked there for a number years but I haven't noticed this building on the High Street before.

The northern end of the Promenade in Cheltenham in 1976. The building in the background with the Ionic columns and pediment is still occupied by Boots 48 years later. The shops on this part of the Promenade are were built in the 1790s predating the rest of the Promenade by some twenty years, originally this was known as the Colonnade.

Pigeons played a key role in the development of Cheltenham as a spa town and appear on the town's coat of arms. It was pigeons pecking at water emerging from a spring which resulted in the water being analysed and the discovery of the mineral qualities of the water which led to the town being developed as a spa town.

The northern end of the Promenade in Cheltenham approaching its junction with the High Street. The building at the end with the classical portico is occupied by Boots and is on the High Street.

Looking towards the junction of The Promenade with High Street on a wintery Saturday afternoon.

The top of the Promenade at its junction with High Street, showing one of the racehorse statues designed and created to celebrate the centenary of the National Hunt Festival in 2011