NO. 1 ST JOHN'S GATEHOUSE

NO. 1 ST JOHN'S GATEHOUSE, 1, QUEEN STREET

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1394570
Date first listed:: 12-Jun-1950
List Entry Name:: NO. 1 ST JOHN'S GATEHOUSE
Statutory Address:: NO. 1 ST JOHN'S GATEHOUSE, 1, QUEEN STREET

User submitted image — Uploaded by David Lovell This photo may not represent the current condition of the site
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions.

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Historic England Archive

Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive.

Find Photos

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1394570
Date first listed:: 12-Jun-1950
Date of most recent amendment:: 15-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: NO. 1 ST JOHN'S GATEHOUSE
Statutory Address 1:: NO. 1 ST JOHN'S GATEHOUSE, 1, QUEEN 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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: NO. 1 ST JOHN'S GATEHOUSE, 1, QUEEN 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 74914 64910

Details

QUEEN STREET 656-1/40/1335 (East side) No.1 St John's Gatehouse 12/06/50

GV II

House at end of row, now offices, with bridge over Queen Street. Mid C18 and early C19. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, slate roofs. PLAN: Front to Queen Street very narrow single bay, but property returns across road bridge, with substantial front to Trim Street. EXTERIOR: Three storeys, attic and basement, all sashes, twelve-pane dormer in high mansard roof, eight-pane at second and first floors above six-panel fielded door with deep three-pane transom light. Plinth, platband with `QUEEN STREET¿ in fine incised Roman lettering. Return, facing north along the street, has full width arch on responds, with archivolt and keystones, below twelve-pane dormer and a twelve-pane between two blind openings with, to right, broad flue or buttress at angle. Modillion cornice with blocking course and parapet continues to both sections. Flank wall under arch plain, with end responds, and with two-pane display window above basement grille. Outer frontage has wide arch under dormer and sash with blind lights as north side, part slightly brought forward from single bay to right, with further dormer above large sixteen-pane sashes, ground floor has door with three-pane transom light on three steps, and late C19 two-pane display window, all under continuous wood lintel below platband, with TRIM STREET in fine incised Roman lettering. Modillion cornice with blocking course having three dies to centre section, coped gable ends with deep ashlar stacks. Corresponding single bay to left of arch, not part of property, late reconstruction in matching detail. INTERIOR: Not inspected. HISTORY: This highly unusual bridge feature forms an important part of townscape to both Queen Street and Trim Street.

Listing NGR: ST7491464910

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:: 509966
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.