1-4, PERCY PLACE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1394345
Date first listed:: 12-Jun-1950
List Entry Name:: 1-4, PERCY PLACE
Statutory Address:: 1-4, PERCY PLACE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1394345
Date first listed:: 12-Jun-1950
Date of most recent amendment:: 15-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: 1-4, PERCY PLACE
Statutory Address 1:: 1-4, PERCY PLACE

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:: 1-4, PERCY PLACE

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 75854 66070

Details

PERCY PLACE 656-1/18/1230 (South side) Nos.1-4 (Consec) (Formerly Listed as: LONDON ROAD (South side) Acacia Lodge, Percy House & Nos 1-4 (consec) Percy Place) 12/06/50

GV II

Four terrace houses. Early, mid and late C18 (OS says all are post 1776) with C19 and C20 alterations. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, double pitched slate mansard roofs with moulded stacks to party walls. PLAN: Double depth plans with rear additions. EXTERIOR: Three storeys with basements. No.1 has mid C18 and lower than adjacent houses. Two window range. Low parapet and fine cornice, late C19 chamfered architraves to plate glass sash windows, prostyle Tuscan porch to left with late C19 lobby above which covers former window, stripped pine six-panel door glazed to top, C20 covering to basement area. No.2 has mid C18. Three-window range. Coped parapet, returned modillion cornice and ground floor platband, late C19 chamfered architraves to plate glass sash windows, pedimented Tuscan doorcase with dentil cornice, engaged columns supporting glyph frieze with paterae to centre and ends, six-panel door glazed to top, C19 cast iron area railings. No.3 has mid C19, two-window range, lower, with coped parapet, cornice, second floor sill band and ground floor platband, late C19 plate glass sash windows and projecting porch to left with cornice and blocking course, semicircular arched windows to canted corners and probably original Tuscan doorcase and six-panel door glazed to top repositioned to front of porch. No.4 has similar to No.3, taller with returned cornice and late C19 two storey porch to left and two-window single storey wing to far left. Porch has parapet, cornice, ground floor platband and stone mullioned Venetian window over doorcase with keystone to moulded architrave below pediment. Six-panel door glazed to top. INTERIORS: Not inspected. HISTORY: No.4 was home of Rev, William Jay, the highly influential and long serving Independent minister of Argyle Street Chapel (qv). Listing NGR: ST7585466070

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 509751
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

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