Gazebo in the garden of Widcombe Manor

Gazebo in the garden of Widcombe Manor, Church Street, Bath

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Overview

A gazebo consisting of an C18 facade re-erected in 1961 by Didier Bertrand. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1406068
Date first listed:: 30-Nov-2011
List Entry Name:: Gazebo in the garden of Widcombe Manor
Statutory Address:: Gazebo in the garden of Widcombe Manor, Church Street, Bath

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1406068
Date first listed:: 30-Nov-2011
List Entry Name:: Gazebo in the garden of Widcombe Manor
Location Description:: The gazebo is situated at the southern end of the terrace, some 108m to the south-east of Widcombe Manor.
Statutory Address 1:: Gazebo in the garden of Widcombe Manor, Church Street, 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:: Gazebo in the garden of Widcombe Manor, Church Street, 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:: ST7596463800

Summary

A gazebo consisting of an C18 facade re-erected in 1961 by Didier Bertrand.

Reasons for Designation

* Architectural interest: despite its relocation, the retained C18 facade continues to display good quality architectural detailing; * Group value: it takes a key position in the garden of Widcombe Manor included on the Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade II, and forms an interesting and important group with the Grade I listed Widcombe Manor and the other Grade II listed features in the garden.

History

The C18 facade was re-erected here having been moved from its original location in Fairford, Gloucestershire in 1961. It replaced an earlier structure that stood in this location in the late C19.

Details

MATERIALS: ashlar and rubble.

PLAN: a small square structure

EXTERIOR: the facade has an oculus with four keystones each side of an arched central bay with Serlian columns to an entablature with a triglyph frieze and modillion cornice and blocking. Returns and back in rubble.

Sources

Books and journals
Forsyth, M, Pevsner Architectural Guides: Bath, (2003), 219-220
Other
Nicholas Pearson Associates, Widcombe Manor: Historic Landscape Survey and Management Plan (1995).,

Legal

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