1 and 2 Down House
1 and 2, Down House, Upper Bristol Road, Bath, BA1 3AP
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1395450
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-1975
- List Entry Name:
- 1 and 2 Down House
- Statutory Address:
- 1 and 2, Down House, Upper Bristol Road, Bath, BA1 3AP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1395450
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-1975
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Oct-2010
- List Entry Name:
- 1 and 2 Down House
- Statutory Address 1:
- 1 and 2, Down House, Upper Bristol Road, Bath, BA1 3AP
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:
- 1 and 2, Down House, Upper Bristol Road, Bath, BA1 3AP
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:
- ST7398165165
Details
05/08/1975
UPPER BRISTOL ROAD
Nos. 1 and 2 Down House
(Formerly listed as Nos. 1 and 2 Down Street)
II
A pair of houses, originally one house, c1820. Limestone ashlar. Roof concealed behind parapet, large gable end stacks on side parapets.
PLAN: former central entrance and stair hall, double depth room arrangement on each side. Secondary entrance to the left.
EXTERIOR: three storeys with a symmetrical three bay front with giant corner pilasters; cornice, parapet and string course at first floor window cill level. Ground and first floor have twelve pane sashes, second floor have nine pane sashes with a tall eighteen pane stair window at the centre of the first floor over central doorway with small flanking window to the right.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a pair of Bath stone shallow vases with mask ornament flank the door openings.
HISTORY: the elevation is similar to the work of John Pinch, carried out on the Bathwick Estate at the same time. The house has been sub-divided for a considerable time, as the dwarf wall running up to the inserted door openings appears to be late Victorian in date.
Listing NGR: ST7398165165
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 510853
- 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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