I love travelling around south west England to admire unique architecture to enter the places that are not advertised or commercial. A wonderful mix of the traditional and the new, Cheltenham nestles against the Cotswolds as the perfect place to unwind and refresh your mind, body and soul. Depend where you live but this place is easy to reach and plenty of parking spaces too.
Cheltenham is famed for its prevalence of Regency architecture and was even deemed “the most complete regency town in England”. Many of its buildings were constructed during or around the Prince Regent’s reign and feature many of the typical elements of the beautiful Regency style.
Cheltenham is a town in Gloucestershire country, England, home to the renowned Cheltenham Festival, 4 days of horse jump racing culminating in the Gold Cup, held annually in March at Cheltenham Racecourse. It’s also known for Regency buildings, including the Pittville Pump Room, a remnant of Cheltenham’s past as a spa town. There’s fine art at The Wilson museum, and the Victorian Everyman Theatre has an ornate auditorium.
As a achritecture lover the main purpose to visit Cheltenham was unique regency architecture.
Fountain is the British version of the famous Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy.
To commemorate the Greek god of the seas, this impressive fountain depicts Neptune in a chariot drawn by four seahorses, accompanied by a merman blowing a conch shell.
Neptune sits proudly atop the fountain, adorned in a mantle, and wields a trident. The portrayal of the sea horses, with sculpted balusters and vases filled with flowers surrounding the fountain, further adds to its grandeur.
You must see this unique sculpture by a Yorkshireman Richard Lockwood Boulton (c. 1832–1905) Find our more work of this fantastic stone sculpture artists here.
It is strictly attributed to late Georgian architecture and is typified by a renaissance of neoclassicism, which drew inspiration from the ancient Greeks and Romans, featuring ionic porticos and fluted columns galore.