6 Montpellier Villas Road

According to the ‘Cheltenham Annuaire’ of 1871 this was the address of Adolph and Clara, Gustav’s parents. They met when Adolph was teaching piano to Clara, nee Lediard, born in Gloucestershire, and married at All Saints’ Church in 1871.

They lived here until March 1874 then moved to 4 Pittville Terrace, now 4 Clarence Road and home of the Holst Birthplace Museum, a few months before Gustav was born.

4 Pittville Terrace was owned by Clara’s family, with the Holsts living here until Clara’s early death in 1882.