25 Rivers Street and attached railings
25, Rivers Street
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1394698
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jun-1950
- List Entry Name:
- 25 Rivers Street and attached railings
- Statutory Address:
- 25, Rivers Street
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1394698
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jun-1950
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Oct-2010
- List Entry Name:
- 25 Rivers Street and attached railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- 25, Rivers 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:
- 25, 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 74793 65450
Details
656-1/30/1398
RIVERS STREET (North side)
No.25 and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as: RIVERS STREET (North side) No.16. Nos 17-31 (consec))
12/06/50
GV
II
Terrace house. 1770-1775 with C19 and C20 additions. Part of the Rivers Street development by John Wood the Younger.
MATERIALS: limestone ashlar to front, rubble to plinth to basement, ashlar and rubble to rear, double pile parapeted mansard roof, Welsh Slate to front in lower slope, double Romans to upper slope, Welsh Slate to rear, with coped party wall with two ashlar stacks with some early clay pots to left.
EXTERIOR: three storeys, attic and basement, three-window front. First floor has three plate glass horned sashes in ovolo moulded architraves with splayed jambs with friezes and cornices and lowered moulded stone sills on cut down console brackets. Second floor has three plate glass horned sashes in ovolo moulded architraves with stone sills. Ground floor has, to left, two plate glass horned sashes in splayed reveals with stone sills, to right a six-panel door with flush reeded and glazed panels has pattern cut in frosted upper panel, one concrete step in pedimented Doric doorcase, two steps to pennant paved crossover with pair of C19 cast iron foot-scrapers.
Basement has two six/six-sashes in plain reveals with stone sills. Plank in ashlar and plank infilling under crossover, limestone area steps with pennant inserts to trends with wrought iron handrail. Double dormer with two/two-sashes. Band course over ground floor, modillion eaves cornice and coped parapet.
Rear elevation has plate glass and six/six-sashes with and without horns, C20 conservatory extension.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Attached wrought iron railings and gate with shaped heads on concrete coated bases.
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: ST7479365450
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 510101
- 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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