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CHELTENHAM, GL50 9TG

Cheltenham, a Spa town of Regency buildings and picturesque parks in the west of England

The centrepiece of Image], converted for its present use in 1913-15. Grade II* listed. Still occupied by Cheltenham Borough Council, much to the envy of other councils.

These are separate from the Town Hall and are located on The Promenade.

Royal Well Road in Cheltenham, the building on the left is the rear of the Municipal Offices which overlook the Promenade.

Originally built between 1823 and 1840, and starting life as a 'terrace' of 19 houses, the central 7 houses of the row were converted to council offices in 1916. The whole structure, complete with the railings and walls along the frontage, was Grade II* listed in 1955, and is fully described at https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101387631-numbers-47-to-83-and-attached-railings-with-low-walls-and-end-piers-to-numbers-71-and-73-cheltenham#.WZ0rdj596M8

Odd numbers 47 to 83 Promenade are a terrace of 19 houses now mostly Municipal Offices, the remainder commercial offices. Building began in 1823 and completion was circa 1840. The central seven houses were converted into Municipal Offices in 1916 and there have been later alterations and rear additions. Constructed of stuccoed brick with some very fine detailing with slate roofs (when original). Some original internal features remain. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1387631 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.

This impressive building on the western side of the Promenade in Cheltenham was built in the 1820s. In total it is sixty-three bays long and Pevsner describes the building as 'equal to any in Europe'. The statue in the foreground is that of Dr Edward Wilson who was born in Montpellier Terrace, Cheltenham on 23 July 1872, and died on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated South Pole expedition in 1912.

Cheltenham's Municipal offices in the Promenade are amongst the finest Regency buildings in the town. They were built in 1823 and were originally private houses having a unified and integrated classical design. The Town coat of arms can be seen on the pediment with its pigeons (the original source of the spa water was reputedly discovered when Thomas Skillicorn noticed pigeons seemed to like a particular spring) and book (added, along with the word "eruditio" - education, at the behest of Dorothea Beale, the prominent principal of Cheltenham Ladies college from 1858 to 1906).