15 and 15A Rivers Street and attached railings

15 and 15A, Rivers Street

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1394681
Date first listed:: 12-Jun-1950
List Entry Name:: 15 and 15A Rivers Street and attached railings
Statutory Address:: 15 and 15A, Rivers Street

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1394681
Date first listed:: 12-Jun-1950
Date of most recent amendment:: 15-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: 15 and 15A Rivers Street and attached railings
Statutory Address 1:: 15 and 15A, Rivers 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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Location

Statutory Address:: 15 and 15A, Rivers 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 74719 65464

Details

656-1/30/1389

RIVERS STREET (North side) Nos.15 AND 15A and attached railings

(Formerly Listed as: RIVERS STREET (North side) Nos.1-15 (Consecutive))

12/06/50

GV II End of terrace house, now flats. 1775-1780. Part of the Rivers Street development by John Wood the Younger.

MATERIALS: limestone ashlar to principal front, rubble to basement, render to right side to Gloucester Street, rubble, ashlar and render to rear; double pile parapeted roof, Welsh slate mansard to front, rebuilt to full third floor to rear with double Roman tiles, two ashlar and render stacks to right, on coped gable wall to front.

EXTERIOR: three storeys, attic and basement. First floor has three grouped plate glass horned sashes, narrower to left and right, in plain reveals with continuous stone sill; second floor has four/four, six/six, four/four sashes in similar reveals. Ground floor has, to right, two six/six-sashes in splayed reveals with stone sills, to left six-panel door with flush reeded, fielded and single glazed panel with cast iron lion's mask knocker with one pennant step in pedimented Doric doorcase, pennant paved crossover flush with pavement.

Basement has two plate glass horned sashes in plain reveals with continuous stone sill, pair C20 glazed doors under crossover, no area steps. One double and one single dormer with plate glass sashes. Band course over ground floor, modillion cornice and coped parapet with lead hopper on cornice to centre. Right side has six/six-sashes with wrought iron balconettes to first floor and second floor, small window in blocked doorway to ground floor, two light casement to third floor.

Rear elevation has glazing bar sashes to staircase; windows to first floor and second floor blocked; two light casement to third floor.

INTERIOR: Not inspected.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wrought iron railings and gate on limestone bases, small railings with arrow heads on short length of ashlar wall attached to front right.

HISTORY: Rivers Street was developed by John Wood the Younger on three parcels of land: Nos. 1-11 constructed in conjunction with Catharine Place on ground conveyed on perpetual leasehold from Sir Benet Garrard to Wood and Brock as his trustee 19/20 December 1766. Nos. 16-28 and 36-47 Rivers Street with areas behind Nos. 46 and 47 on ground conveyed from Rivers Estate (owned by Sir Peter Rivers Gay) to Wood 5 March 1768 for 99 years. Nos. 28-35 Rivers Street were constructed in conjunction with Russell Street on ground bought by John Wood and Andrew Sproule as his trustee from Thomas and Daniel Omer 30 December 1768 on perpetual freehold rents. Strip of ground on which Nos 12-15 and 48-50 Rivers Street constructed probably never acquired by Wood. Sites of Nos. 12-15 were conveyed from Rivers Estate to Thomas and James Beale on 30 December 1774 and 16 October 1776 on perpetual freehold rents.

A number of different Bath builders were responsible for implementing Wood's overall design, re Ison.

SOURCES: Building leases and rate books; Walter Ison, The Georgian Buildings of Bath (2nd ed. 1980), 233.

Listing NGR: ST7471965464

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Legacy System number:: 510084
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.