Parkfield
Parkfield, Park Gardens, Bath
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1406478
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Parkfield
- Statutory Address:
- Parkfield, Park Gardens, Bath
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1406478
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Parkfield
- Statutory Address 1:
- Parkfield, Park Gardens, 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:
- Parkfield, Park Gardens, 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:
- ST7358065546
Summary
Detached house, now apartments, built in c1860 to a design by James Wilson, with C20 additions.
Reasons for Designation
* Architectural interest: the house is a good example of the picturesque classical style, with belvedere tower, which was favoured in Bath in the later-C19;
* Intactness: the building has been little altered, save for the addition of a conservatory in the C20.
History
Park Gardens was developed by E Pontifex and James Wilson on land formerly part of Victoria Nurseries. All houses were designed by Wilson. A conservatory was added in the C20.
Details
MATERIALS: limestone ashlar, hipped slate roof with dormers and moulded stacks.
PLAN: double depth plan with stepped forward central gabled range.
EXTERIOR: two storeys with attic and basement, four-window range. Building encircled by ground floor platband and stone bracketed eaves, angled vertically to central gable that has pierced circle to apex, raised surrounds and moulded imposts to paired two/two-pane sash attic windows with horizontal glazing bars, attic sill band, tall paired segmental-arched plate glass first floor windows under cornice on consoles that open onto balcony formed by projecting porch that has moulded coping to panelled parapet stepped forward and pierced to centre over entrance, cornice to centre over moulded archivolt with blocks to key and sides, moulded imposts and impost band, plain fanlight over bolection-moulded double two-panel doors. Set back to right three storey belvedere with wrought iron finial and eaves band to pavilion roof, raised surround, sill band and chamfered mullion between paired semicircular arched windows to second floor, impost band to one semicircular arched window to first floor and small window below platband. Set back main block has gabled dormer to each side over raised surrounds and bracketed sills to plate glass first floor windows and similar ground floor window to the right. To left C20 lean-to conservatory. Left return has hip-roofed full height canted bay to left and external stack flanked by narrow windows to ground floor right. Rear similar with one small window beside stack.
INTERIOR: large entrance hall with guilloche frieze, open-well open-string staircase with fretted ends, turned balusters and wreathed mahogany handrail and curtail step.
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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