St James's Portico
ST JAMES'S PORTICO, PIERREPONT STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1394396
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jun-1950
- List Entry Name:
- St James's Portico
- Statutory Address:
- ST JAMES'S PORTICO, PIERREPONT STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1394396
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jun-1950
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Oct-2010
- List Entry Name:
- St James's Portico
- Statutory Address 1:
- ST JAMES'S PORTICO, PIERREPONT STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ST JAMES'S PORTICO, PIERREPONT STREET
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 75231 64654
Details
PIERREPONT STREET 656-1/41/1259 (West side) St James's Portico (Formerly Listed as: PIERREPONT STREET (West side) Nos 7-17 (consec) & St James's Portico) 12/06/50
GV II*
Open arcade with accommodation above. c1745. By John Wood the Elder. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar with Welsh slate roof. PLAN: St James's Portico between Nos 13 & 14 Pierrepont Street (qv), accommodation above portico divided between those two houses. Portico leads to Pierrepont Place, and projects slightly, forming accented centre piece of terrace on west side of street, although not actually in middle of row. EXTERIOR: Bridge supported by four unfluted Tuscan columns, dividing space into two footways and carriageway. Two storeys and attic above. Three-bays, central one being blind. Windows above are similar to those in street. Sill band to first floor, sash windows with architrave surrounds and cornice heads, plain above, six/six-sashes to No.13, and plain late C19 sashes to No.14. Overall pediment crowned by ashlar stack with pots. Mansard roof, flat topped dormer to each house. Rear elevation of very smooth ashlar as if rebuilt. Two six/six-sashes. Cornice, parapet, two flat topped dormers, two/two-sashes. INTERIOR: Not inspected. HISTORY: A part of the uncompleted scheme by John Wood for the Duke of Kingston¿s estate on the former Abbey Orchard, 1740-1748, creating a formal link from North to South Parade, parallel with Duke St, which was to have led out to Wood¿s epic-scaled (and never realised) plan for a `Royal Forum¿ to the south-east of the old city walls. The houses have undergone some alteration but remain an integral part of a major scheme of urban improvement. The ground floor opening bridged over an already-existing through way to Pierrepont Place, which contained at least one house (qv No.1 Pierrepont Place), while maintaining the formal rhythm of the Pierrepont St elevations. An unusual and successful feature, retaining early paving. SOURCES: Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bath: Bath: 1980-: 138 AND 228; Colvin H: A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1660-1840: London: 1978-: 910; Mowl T and Earnshaw B: John Wood Architect of Obsession: Bath: 1988-: 135-147.
Listing NGR: ST7523164654
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 509805
- 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.
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