NOS. 1-5 (CONSEC) AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS

NOS. 1-5 (CONSEC) AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS, 1-5, KENSINGTON PLACE

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1395968
Date first listed:: 12-Jun-1950
List Entry Name:: NOS. 1-5 (CONSEC) AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS
Statutory Address:: NOS. 1-5 (CONSEC) AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS, 1-5, KENSINGTON PLACE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1395968
Date first listed:: 12-Jun-1950
Date of most recent amendment:: 15-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: NOS. 1-5 (CONSEC) AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS
Statutory Address 1:: NOS. 1-5 (CONSEC) AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS, 1-5, KENSINGTON PLACE

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. 1-5 (CONSEC) AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS, 1-5, KENSINGTON PLACE

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 75701 65982

Details

KENSINGTON PLACE 656-1/0/0 (South side) Nos.1-5 (Consec) and attached area railings (Formerly Listed as: LONDON ROAD (South side) Nos 1-3 (consec). Nos 4-10 (consec) Former Chapel, Kensington Place) 12/06/50

GV II

Five terrace houses. c1795 with C19 additions. By John Palmer. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, double pitched slate mansard roofs with paired dormers and moulded stacks to party walls. PLAN: Double depth plans. EXTERIOR: Three storeys with attics and basements, each house has two-window range. Coped parapets, cornices friezes and ground floor platbands. Nos 1-4 have six/six-pane sash windows, to right of each house has stone Tuscan doorcase with engaged columns, entablature and pediment, six-panel doors glazed to top with small windows to right of doors. No.5 attached to chapel and has late C19 plate glass sash windows. Right hand range stepped slightly forward with tripartite windows. Left hand range attached to chapel has single window over wide flattened segmental supported by Tuscan pilasters with wrought iron lamp bracket to centre. Entrance set well back to form small courtyard sheltering entrance to chapel. INTERIORS: Not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Most houses have good area railings. HISTORY: Terrace was designed to compliment fine central chapel designed by John Palmer for John Jelly, attorney and clerk to the parish of Walcot. Nos.1-5 suffered from bomb blast in WW2. Nos 1-3 were listed on 11th August 1972. SOURCES: (Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bath: Bath: 1948-: 62; Colvin H: A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1660-1840: London: 1978-: 614).

Listing NGR: ST7570165982

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 511377
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.