Set of 4 Fine Art Prints of Cheltenham, Gloucester - By Hugh T. Chevins - 10x15

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Set of 4 Fine Art Prints of Cheltenham, Gloucester - By Hugh T. Chevins - 10x15:
$3.75

Lot of Four

Fine Art Prints

\"Cheltenham, Gloucestershire\"

Published in London

Mid 20th century

This item comprises theitems as described above in good condition fortheir age.

FORMAT

Overall Size:- 10\" x 15\" approx including the margins (some minor variables)

About the Subject....

This lot of four images of Cheltenham includes:-

1. The Promenade, Cheltenham

2. Cheltenham Old Town

3. Pittville Pump Room

4. The Montpellier Rotunda

NB: All in good condition with some minor rubbing and will frame well.

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Cheltenham

Cheltenham also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, England, located on the edge of the Cotswolds.

It is the home of the Flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held every March. The town hosts several festivals of culture often featuring nationally and internationally famous contributors and attendees, including Greenbelt, Cheltenham Literature Festival, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cheltenham Science Festival, Cheltenham Music Festival and Cheltenham Food & Drink Festival

This place takes its name from the small River Chelt, which rises nearby at Dowdeswell and runs through the town on its way to the Severn.

The town was awarded a market charter in 1226. Though little remains of its pre-spa history, Cheltenham has been a health and holiday spa town resort since the discovery of mineral springs there in 1716. The visit of George III with the queen and royal princesses in 1788 set a stamp of fashion on the spa. The spa waters continue to be taken recreationally at Pittville Pump Room, built for this purpose and completed in 1830; it is a centrepiece of Pittville, a planned extension of Cheltenham to the north, undertaken by Joseph Pitt, who laid the first stone 4 May 1825.

Cheltenham\'s success as a spa town is reflected in the railway station, which is still called Cheltenham Spa, and spa facilities in other towns that were inspired by or named after it.

Horse racing began in Cheltenham in 1815, and became a major national attraction after the establishment of the Festival in 1902.[8] Whilst the volume of tourists visiting the spa has declined, the racecourse attracts tens of thousands of visitors to each day of the festival each year, with such large numbers of visitors having a significant impact on the town.

On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the borough of Cheltenham was merged with Charlton Kings urban district to form the non-metropolitan district of Cheltenham. Four parishes—Swindon Village, Up Hatherley, Leckhampton and Prestbury—were added to the borough of Cheltenham from the borough of Tewkesbury in 1991.

The first British jet aircraft prototype, the Gloster E.28/39, was manufactured in Cheltenham. Manufacturing started in Hucclecote near Gloucester, but was later moved to Regent Motors in Cheltenham High St (now the Regent Arcade), considered a location safer from bombing.

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About the Artist....

Hugh Terry Chevins, (1931-2003

Born in Retford, Nottinghamshire, he became first, an artist then an illustrator, specialising in architectural studies and typography.

These images were produced from his original pen and ink studies, usually done on site.

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