NOS. 12-17 (CONSEC) AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, GATES AND OVERTHROW

NOS. 12-17 (CONSEC) AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, GATES AND OVERTHROW, 12-17, EDWARD STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1395430
Date first listed:: 12-Jun-1950
List Entry Name:: NOS. 12-17 (CONSEC) AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, GATES AND OVERTHROW
Statutory Address:: NOS. 12-17 (CONSEC) AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, GATES AND OVERTHROW, 12-17, EDWARD STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1395430
Date first listed:: 12-Jun-1950
Date of most recent amendment:: 15-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: NOS. 12-17 (CONSEC) AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, GATES AND OVERTHROW
Statutory Address 1:: NOS. 12-17 (CONSEC) AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, GATES AND OVERTHROW, 12-17, EDWARD 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:: NOS. 12-17 (CONSEC) AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, GATES AND OVERTHROW, 12-17, EDWARD 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 75541 65093

Details

EDWARD STREET (West side) Nos.12-17 (Consec) and attached railings, gates and overthrow (Formerly Listed as: EDWARD STREET Nos 1-4, No.5, Nos 6-10, No.11 (Kirkness House), Nos 12-17 (consec)) 12/06/50

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Six terrace houses. c1795 altered late C19. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar facade, rubblestone to rest, continuous double pitched slate mansard roofs with dormers and moulded stacks (some hand-thrown chimney pots) to party walls and left return. PLAN: Double depth plans. EXTERIOR: Three storeys, attics and basements, each house has three-window range. Continuous moulded parapet, returned cornice, frieze, sill bands to upper floors and plinth. Moulded architraves and pediments to first floor right hand windows above eight-panel doors in moulded architraves with cornices and friezes. Formerly six/six-pane sash windows. No. 12 to left end retains six/six-pane sashes to attic dormer and to second floor with simple balconettes, plate glass sashes to first floor have trellised balconies, plate glass sashes to ground floor, chamfered architraves to lower floors and scrolled overthrow with former lamp bracket fronting door. No. 13 similar, with plate glass sash windows to two dormers (twp-light to right), without balconettes, balconies or overthrow. No. 14 with chamfered architraves and six/six-pane two-light sash window to dormer. Right hand party wall has parapet. No. 15 has similar dormer, six/six-pane sash windows, delicate cast iron trellised first floor balcony on cast iron scroll brackets and rectangular plan trellised balconettes to ground floor windows. No. 16 has plate glass sash windows semi-elliptical plan balconettes to first floor windows. No. 17 similar. INTERIORS: Not inspected, except No. 15 inspected by Bath Council 1982. Fine Victorian fireplace, second floor two pretty fireplaces, possibly Regency, with original hob grates. original cantilevered stone staircase. No. 16 inspected by Bath Council 1976, fine fireplace and mouldings throughout. No. 17 partially inspected by Bath Council 1984. Elegant hall with original mouldings and stone staircase. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Good basement area railings have arrowheads, urn finials and gates to basements. Those to No. 12 have overthrow. HISTORY: An advertisement dated 25th September 1794 offered `2 unfinished dwelling houses and shop adjoining situate in Edward Street'. The development of the street was thus a casualty of the building slump of that year.

Listing NGR: ST7554165093

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Legacy System number:: 510835
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.