AXFORD'S BUILDINGS

AXFORD'S BUILDINGS, 22-37, PARAGON

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1394242
Date first listed:: 12-Jun-1950
List Entry Name:: AXFORD'S BUILDINGS
Statutory Address:: AXFORD'S BUILDINGS, 22-37, PARAGON

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1394242
Date first listed:: 12-Jun-1950
Date of most recent amendment:: 15-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: AXFORD'S BUILDINGS
Statutory Address 1:: AXFORD'S BUILDINGS, 22-37, PARAGON

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: AXFORD'S BUILDINGS, 22-37, PARAGON

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: ST 75061 65476

Details

PARAGON 656-1/31/1174 Nos.22-37 (Consec) Axford's Buildings (Formerly Listed as: THE PARAGON Nos.22-37 (Consec)) 12/06/50

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Sixteen level terrace houses adjoining the Paragon (qv) to right, on site that slopes steeply down at rear. 1762-1773. By Joseph Axford, stonemason. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, double pitched slate mansard roofs with dormers and moulded stacks to party walls. PLAN: Double depth plans. EXTERIOR: Three storeys with attics and basements, each house has two-window range. Continuous coped parapet, cornice, first floor sill band and ground floor platband, moulded architraves to upper floors, cornices to first floor windows flanking central pedimented windows, cornices over doors to right of each house. Formerly with six/six-pane sash windows, now only in basements, and raised and fielded six-panel doors glazed to top (those to Nos 23, 27, and 34 altered to five panels), now with mostly plate glass sash windows. Nos 28 to 32 were demolished by bombing in 1942 and are now restored, vertical toothing evident. No.33, Siddons' House, has late C19 hood and coved cornice cut into platband and moulded architrave to six-panel door glazed to top. Plaque states "HERE DWELT SARAH SIDDONS b.1755 d.1831" No.35 has plate glass sash windows to basement and balconettes to first floor windows. No.36 has open pediment supported by narrow engaged columns on pedestals, roll-edge moulded to architrave of door and lead rainwater downpipe to left. To rear full height canted bay. No.37, left terminal, has early C19 two storey left wing. Coped parapet, coved cornices over first and ground floors, steps up to six-panel door and overlight and reeded architraves with block corners to small-panes fixed windows to each side. To rear full height canted bay. INTERIORS: Not inspected. SOURCES: Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bath: Bath: 1980-: 23; Bath Archaeological Trust/RCHM England: Georgian Bath Historical Map: Southampton: 1989-; Field G: Shopfront Record, Bath City Council: 1992-.

Listing NGR: ST7506165476

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Legacy System number:: 509646
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.