1-6, RACKFIELD PLACE

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1394601
Date first listed:: 05-Aug-1975
List Entry Name:: 1-6, RACKFIELD PLACE
Statutory Address:: 1-6, RACKFIELD PLACE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1394601
Date first listed:: 05-Aug-1975
Date of most recent amendment:: 15-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: 1-6, RACKFIELD PLACE
Statutory Address 1:: 1-6, RACKFIELD 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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Location

Statutory Address:: 1-6, RACKFIELD 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 72639 64756

Details

RACKFIELD PLACE

656-1/36/1356 (West side) 05/08/7 Nos.1-6 (Consecutive)

(Formerly Listed as: LOWER BRISTOL ROAD (North side) Rackfield Place Nos 1-6 (consec))

II

Small terrace houses, set gable to road, possibly built as back-to-back houses. Mid C19 with C20 alterations. MATERIALS: Limestone rubble, slate, tile or concrete tile roofs. PLAN: Unusual range, with four units furthest from road on east side stepped down, revealing continuous spine party wall, on west side houses retain common eaves line, and the spine wall is not visible. EXTERIOR: Three storeys, each house with a single window frontage. These consist on the east side of broad three-light mullioned openings with casements at second floor level, set within dormers to Nos. 1 and 2, with heavy stone sills; three-light windows to first floor, with plank door to right, in flush irregular jamb stones and to square lintel. Nos. 5 and 6 have C20 small-pane casements of different pattern. Low pitched lean-to roofs of Nos. 3, 4, and 5/6 each step down, end property has entry at lowest level, immediately adjacent to River Avon. Eaves has continuous series of vertical modillion stones, and at ridge, set lengthways, six large two stage ashlar stacks. Road frontage plain beneath the hipped end of the roof, with a short length of wall continued each side, with swept coping at ground floor level. West side continuous, with full width single storey lean-to across full width, including short lengths of open porch to each house, and side entry plank door. Windows are eaves, above two-light, with paired two-light at ground floor. Modillion eaves continues round, and three small square eaves stacks. INTERIORS: Not inspected. A very unusual terrace, and externally little altered; this appears to have been a development of workers' housing, built on a back-to-back basis and, as such, highly remarkable for this part of the country; this anomaly would repay further research. No.6 has some rough scratched dates on door jamb, including 1823, but seems unlikely from overall detailing.

Listing NGR: ST7263964756

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

Legacy System number:: 509998
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.