CLAVERTON BUILDINGS NOS 8 AND 9 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS

CLAVERTON BUILDINGS NOS 8 AND 9 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 8 AND 9, CLAVERTON STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1394535
Date first listed:: 05-Aug-1975
List Entry Name:: CLAVERTON BUILDINGS NOS 8 AND 9 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS
Statutory Address:: CLAVERTON BUILDINGS NOS 8 AND 9 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 8 AND 9, CLAVERTON STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1394535
Date first listed:: 05-Aug-1975
Date of most recent amendment:: 15-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: CLAVERTON BUILDINGS NOS 8 AND 9 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS
Statutory Address 1:: CLAVERTON BUILDINGS NOS 8 AND 9 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 8 AND 9, CLAVERTON STREET

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:: CLAVERTON BUILDINGS NOS 8 AND 9 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 8 AND 9, CLAVERTON 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 75362 64246

Details

CLAVERTON STREET (North side) Claverton Buildings Nos 8 and 9 and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: CLAVERTON STREET (North side) Nos 8-15 (consec) Claverton Buildings) 05/08/75

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Pair of houses at end of row. Late C18 with mid C20 alterations. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, painted to front only, double Roman tile roofs. PLAN: Single depth plans, with high mansard roof, but pair not identical, No.9 has lower roof pitch than No.8, wings to rear. EXTERIOR: Two storeys, attic and basement, exposed as full storey to rear. Sash windows, mainly with glazing bars. No.8 has small paired sash dormer above paired twelve-pane sashes at ground and first floors, with flat roofed extension above basement. To right four-panel door with flat hood on brackets. Platband, moulded cornice, blocking course and parapet. Both gables are coped, deep narrow shared ashlar stack to right stack, one to left, forward of ridge. This return gable has sash at each level, to left, and glazed door to basement. Lower three storey gabled wing in ashlar, painted to west front, has nine/twelve pane sashes, with six-panel door to right, and large square gable stack, previously shared with adjoining property, removed for road widening in 1960's: remains of former fireplace exposed on end gable. Inner face plain. Rear of main range has ashlar stack to eaves, right, and small two-light dormer above twelve-pane sash, and plank door with four-pane transom light. No.9 has small dormer above twelve-pane sash, with C20 shopfront brought forward under flat roof, incorporating set back door, with further part-glazed door under deep transom light beyond. Cornice and other detail are as for No.8. At rear plain sash dormer, with five plain sashes and glazed door below. INTERIORS: Inspection of No. 8 by Bath Council 1980. Staircase with Doric newel and colonnettes, but most of the original features have been removed. Inspection of No. 9 by Bath Council 1991. Early C19 fireplace and later grate. Staircase with Doric newel and colonnettes, return flight, no well, and pine handrail. Panelled hall, fine original features still intact, Early C19 fireplace, panelling below dado. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Across front and returned to left gable of No.8 has simple spearhead railing in dwarf ashlar wall, with gate to right. These two properties were at the left hand end of a continuous terrace from 8 to 15, and No.8 is slightly stepped forward; subsequently Nos 8-14 (qqv) were modified, and No.15 (qv), also stepped forward, appears as an isolated reminder of the original form. Listing NGR: ST7536264246

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Legacy System number:: 509929
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.