29a, Monmouth Street with screen wall

29a, Monmouth Street, Bath, BA1 2AP

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1396086
Date first listed:: 21-May-1986
List Entry Name:: 29a, Monmouth Street with screen wall
Statutory Address:: 29a, Monmouth Street, Bath, BA1 2AP

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1396086
Date first listed:: 21-May-1986
Date of most recent amendment:: 15-Oct-2010
List Entry Name:: 29a, Monmouth Street with screen wall
Statutory Address 1:: 29a, Monmouth Street, Bath, BA1 2AP

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:: 29a, Monmouth Street, Bath, BA1 2AP

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 74760 64886

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23/02/2018

MONMOUTH STREET (North side) No.29a with screen wall

(Formerly listed as Building at rear of No.29, with screen wall)

21/05/86

GV II Small backyard house. Mid C18 with C20 alterations.

MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, flat felt roof.

PLAN: Double fronted and only one room deep, probably built as extension to rear wing of now rebuilt building, unusual feature of plan rear closet on each floor behind stair-well linking flanking rooms on each floor.

EXTERIOR: Three storeys with platband over ground floor, three-bays, outer tripartite glazing bar sash windows to ground and first floors (except ground floor left), single windows to second floor, altered in C20, coved cornice and remains of parapet returned to sides, central six-panel door in slightly chamfered surround, lower four raised and fielded, upper two cut away and glazed.

INTERIOR: Displays some characteristics of local builders' vernacular of time, second floor stone fireplaces with flat surrounds and outer edge moulds, also stone fireplaces on first floor with moulded architraves. Stairs have continuous newel, straight flights and landings between floors, turned balusters, lower flight with (typically) reduced balusters below string of flight above, upper flights with ramped handrails to landings. Complete dado-rail to first floor North room. Six-panel doors to rooms, two-panel doors to cupboards.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Attached to front, to left of facade, and at right angles to it, remains of screen or facade in ashlar, one storey high, with plain central opening flanked by narrow side openings, to paired incised pilasters with Greek key terminations to head and foot, on small plinth, and carrying plain frieze-band and heavy parapet.

HISTORY: An unusually complete little house to have survived in `backland' in relatively inaccessible area bounded on all sides by built up streets; such backyard houses are now rare in Bath. Picturesque setting with a paved courtyard in front to east reached by archway in Princes Street (No.3A).

Listing NGR: ST7476064886

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:: 511499
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.