Nos 55 and 57 With Piers, Railings and Gates
NOS 55 AND 57 WITH PIERS, RAILINGS AND GATES, 55 AND 57, LYNCOMBE HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1395255
- Date first listed:
- 11-Aug-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Nos 55 and 57 With Piers, Railings and Gates
- Statutory Address:
- NOS 55 AND 57 WITH PIERS, RAILINGS AND GATES, 55 AND 57, LYNCOMBE HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1395255
- Date first listed:
- 11-Aug-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Oct-2010
- List Entry Name:
- Nos 55 and 57 With Piers, Railings and Gates
- Statutory Address 1:
- NOS 55 AND 57 WITH PIERS, RAILINGS AND GATES, 55 AND 57, LYNCOMBE HILL
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:
- NOS 55 AND 57 WITH PIERS, RAILINGS AND GATES, 55 AND 57, LYNCOMBE HILL
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 75469 63973
Details
LYNCOMBE HILL (East side) Nos.55 AND 57 with piers, railings and gates 11/08/72
GV II
Pair of houses. Early C19. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, slate roofs. EXTERIOR: Single depth house with hipped roof, slightly set back wings with entrance doors, steeply sloping site generates extra storey to rear of property. Two storeys plus lower ground floor, each one window, and with central blind light. sixteen-pane sashes with segmental heads, in double-sunk surrounds, lower ground floor lights enclosed by railed areas. Stone moulded eaves band with brackets, large central ashlar stack, forward of ridge, coped party division. To each side six-panel door with transom light, in segmental head with double sunk surround, moulded band, swept up to main range, left gable has central first floor sash. No.57, to right, has similar door and band, wing raised in ashlar, with twelve-pane sash. Returns to plain parapeted end facing Forefield Rise, drooping rapidly downhill, with door to pavement at lower end. Rear in ashlar, one:three:one windows, but centre unit blind at each floor, mainly sixteen-pane sash, but twelve-pane sash in extended wing to No.55. INTERIORS: Not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Each end of frontage square ashlar pier with pyramid capping, simple railings returned to fronts at party division, full width spear head railings, levelled across slope to ashlar dwarf wall from approx 1.2m to 0.5m high, with small iron gate at each end.
Listing NGR: ST7546963973
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 510664
- 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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