Cheltenham: Regency Architecture and National Hunt Racing
Cheltenham's spa waters were discovered in 1716 when pigeons were observed pecking at salt deposits in a field. By the early nineteenth century, the town had reinvented itself as a fashionable Regency resort. The Promenade, lined with plane trees and stucco-fronted terraces, is regularly voted among the finest streets in England. Montpellier Walk, with its caryatid figures supporting the shopfronts, extends the architectural quality. George III visited in 1788, which was all the endorsement the town needed.
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Cheltenham's spa waters were discovered in 1716 when pigeons were observed pecking at salt deposits in a field. By the early nineteenth century, the town had reinvented itself as a fashionable Regency resort. The Promenade, lined with plane trees and stucco-fronted terraces, is regularly voted among the finest streets in England. Montpellier Walk, with its caryatid figures supporting the shopfronts, extends the architectural quality. George III visited in 1788, which was all the endorsement the town needed.
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