Byland House
Byland House, 36 Cleveland Walk, Bath
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1406223
- Date first listed:
- 05-Dec-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Byland House
- Statutory Address:
- Byland House, 36 Cleveland Walk, Bath
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1406223
- Date first listed:
- 05-Dec-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Byland House
- Statutory Address 1:
- Byland House, 36 Cleveland Walk, Bath
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:
- Byland House, 36 Cleveland Walk, 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:
- ST7627065028
Summary
A detached house built in 1855, possibly to a design by Henry Goodridge.
Reasons for Designation
* Architectural interest: a good example of a little altered mid-Victorian villa;
* Group value: it is one of an interesting group of four mid-C19 villas in Cleveland Walk that were built at four-year intervals in differing Italianate styles and are listed.
History
Byland House is one of a group of four detached villas that were constructed in the mid-C19, and were the first houses to be built on Cleveland Walk. They were possibly built to a design by the architect Henry Goodridge.
Byland House was divided into five flats in the mid-C20, but is now a single dwelling with one flat retained.
Details
MATERIALS: limestone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof.
PLAN: half H-plan with projecting rear wings and stair-hall in centre. Infill post-1866 with two-storey half-height bathroom block.
EXTERIOR: a two-storey building with attic, partly three storeys, built
in an Italianate villa style. Third storey is belvedere single room accessed by stone spiral staircase from ground level. Multiple hipped roofs have deep eaves on timber brackets. A central leaded gulley-roof is on one side of the stair-hall which has a triple-arched window in the gable, topped with a wrought iron weathervane. Corniced stacks in Italian villa style. The windows are mostly arched with keyed heads, some paired, and there are plain, two/two and margin glazed sashes and casements. The north elevation is stepped up in three blocks, each separately roofed. The rear (east) elevation shows two projecting wings, the south one with c.1953 single-storey extension at upper level with entrance; original roof capped by triple shafted stack. The north one is blind with a tall stack above. The west elevation has a small early-C20 extension to ground floor at east end and a corbelled stone balcony at first floor. South elevation has a similar stone balcony and a further one in wrought iron. The front entrance was altered c.1953 to accommodate an extension for a bathroom, A sculpted scroll stone shows name and date.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 08/12/2011
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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