Regency backsides

Scruffy butt end of Montpellier Terrace. Photos taken October 2008

If you’ve ever gone down any of the mews lanes at the back of Cheltenham’s finest terraces you’ll know that Regency architecture has a shameful secret. The beautiful facades you see at the front don’t apply to the backs. In most cases the rear ends of these glamorous houses are little more than a scruffy expanse of brick and drainpipes. Here are some of my favourites.

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Lansdown Crescent, front

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Lansdown Crescent, back

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Wellington Square, front

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Wellington Square, back

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Columbia Place, Winchcombe Street, front

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Columbia Place, Winchcombe Street, back

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Lansdown Terrace, Malvern Road, front

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Lansdown Terrace, Malvern Road, back