Ladybellegate House
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Ladybellegate House, 20 Longsmith Street, Gloucester GL1 2HT, (National Grid Reference: SO 83003 18556) is a Grade I listed building with Historic England, reference number 1245726.[1]
The building is a town house built around 1704 for Edward Wagstaffe.[2] The house is notable for its fine Rococo plasterwork and carved oak staircase.[2]
Robert Raikes junior, founder of Sunday Schools, was born at Ladybellegate House in 1736.[3] He also lived there from 1757 to 1772.[2]
From 1740 to 1743, the house was let to Henry Guise of Elmore during which time it was remodelled to include fine moulded panels incorporating the swan crest of the Guise family.[2]
