Cricket Pavilion c.100m south of Prior Park College

Cricket Pavilion c100m south of Prior Park College, Ralph Allen Drive, Bath

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Overview

Originally a bath house, now a cricket pavilionA c1920 reconstruction of early/mid-C18 bath house. Built for Ralph Allen, possibly by John Wood the Elder, or by Richard Jones. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1405946
Date first listed:: 05-Dec-2011
List Entry Name:: Cricket Pavilion c.100m south of Prior Park College
Statutory Address:: Cricket Pavilion c100m south of Prior Park College, Ralph Allen Drive, Bath

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1405946
Date first listed:: 05-Dec-2011
List Entry Name:: Cricket Pavilion c.100m south of Prior Park College
Statutory Address 1:: Cricket Pavilion c100m south of Prior Park College, Ralph Allen Drive, Bath

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Cricket Pavilion c100m south of Prior Park College, Ralph Allen Drive, Bath

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:: ST7627762798

Summary

Originally a bath house, now a cricket pavilion. A c1920 reconstruction of early/mid-C18 bath house. Built for Ralph Allen, possibly by John Wood the Elder, or by Richard Jones.

Reasons for Designation

* Architectural Interest: it is a well designed former bath house attributed to internationally significant architects; * Group Value: it has group value with Prior Park College, the registered landscape garden and other listed buildings within the designed landscape.

History

The building is apparently the relocated plunge bath of Ralph Allen, which originally stood some distance away down the vale below the house on the north side. The interior is well preserved but retains nothing below ground and the original planning and function of the bath is uncertain.

Details

MATERIALS: limestone ashlar, with a concrete roof.

PLAN: rectangular plan.

EXTERIOR: Neo-Classical in style, with a plain exterior. It is a single storey and has a three-bay front with three-light windows which flank a central door with sidelights, all windows are two-pane sashes. There is a glazed door, cornice band, and parapet; the roof is not visible.

INTERIOR: entirely ashlar-faced with vaulted stone ceilings. There is a central lobby and two rooms with Doric pilasters and arched niches.

Sources

Books and journals
Clarke, G, Prior Park A Compleat Landscape: Bath, (1987), 48 & 55

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.