SYDNEY GARDENS HOTEL AND RAVENSWELL

SYDNEY GARDENS HOTEL AND RAVENSWELL, SYDNEY ROAD

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Overview

Sydney Gardens Hotel and Ravenswell are an asymmetrical pair of villas in an eclectic Italianate style, dating from 1853; the architect is unknown but the style is similar to that of H E Goodridge. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1395317
Date first listed:: 05-Aug-1975
List Entry Name:: SYDNEY GARDENS HOTEL AND RAVENSWELL
Statutory Address:: SYDNEY GARDENS HOTEL AND RAVENSWELL, SYDNEY ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1395317
Date first listed:: 05-Aug-1975
Date of most recent amendment:: 15-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: SYDNEY GARDENS HOTEL AND RAVENSWELL
Statutory Address 1:: SYDNEY GARDENS HOTEL AND RAVENSWELL, SYDNEY ROAD

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: SYDNEY GARDENS HOTEL AND RAVENSWELL, SYDNEY ROAD

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 75834 65247

Details

SYDNEY ROAD 656-1/32/1662 (North West side) Sydney Gardens Hotel and Ravenswell

(Formerly Listed as: SYDNEY ROAD Lonsdale and Ravensworth) 05/08/75

GV II

Sydney Gardens Hotel and Ravenswell are an asymmetrical pair of villas in an eclectic Italianate style, dating from 1853; the architect is unknown but the style is similar to that of H E Goodridge.

MATERIALS: The houses are built from limestone ashlar under slate roofs, with bracketed wooden eaves.

PLAN: They are on a complex, staggered plan, which expands to the rear.

EXTERIOR: The houses are built on a sloping site and so comprise two and three storeys with attic. The main elevation of the Sydney Gardens Hotel, to the left, is a single bay, with angle quoins up to the attic level; the ground floor has a bay window above which is an open stone parapet; the first floor has two-over-two sash windows in raised surrounds, with the window over the bay having a segmental pediment. Above this is an arched attic window within the gable. The eaves are wide and set on wooden brackets. A square tower is set into the angle between the street and side fronts; this has an entrance at ground floor level, arched windows and a heavy bracketed cornice which supports an upswept roof in a Jacobean style, with an elaborate stepped finial. The garden front is of three storeys and an attic; the upper ground floor has a tripartite window, and the attic storey is gabled. Ravenswell, to the right, has two storeys and attic to the main elevation. The first floor has a decorated stone parapet, carried on heavy consoles. The arched attic window is set within a semi-circular surround with consoles and a finial. The garden front has a deep, projecting hipped roof with a gable. The rear has a lean-to roof and tall chimneystack, which is enriched with modillions and a pedimental cap.

INTERIOR: Not inspected.

HISTORY: The houses were constructed in 1853 as a pair of villas, formerly Lonsdale and Ravensworth, now the Sydney Gardens Hotel and Ravenswell. The buildings stand on the site formerly occupied by the labyrinth, one of the earlier features at Sydney Gardens pleasure grounds, between the GWR railway and the Kennet and Avon Canal as they enter Sydney Gardens.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: The Sydney Gardens Hotel and Ravenswell are designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * A good example an early Victorian eclectic historicist villa * The quality of its architectural detailing, materials and craftsmanship * Group value with the front garden walls to the houses (qv) and the other listed buildings in Sydney Road Listing NGR: ST7583465247

Legacy

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Legacy System number:: 510730
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.