Description

BAKEWELL

SK2168 RUTLAND SQUARE
831-1/4/154 (North West side)
13/03/51 Rutland Buildings including
mounting block
(Formerly Listed as:
RUTLAND SQUARE
(North West side)
Whole range of buildings known as
"Rutland Buildings")

GV II

Includes: Rutland Buildings BUXTON ROAD.
Coach houses and stable block now various commercial premises.
Late C18 and early-mid C19; altered. Deeply-coursed sandstone
with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate, stone slate and concrete
tile roofs.
PLAN: set around 2 courtyards with open end to Rutland Square
spanned by beam on ashlar piers: mostly single-storey ranges
down each side; parallel ranges across the centre and across
rear.
EXTERIOR: the central 2-storey range is pierced by a
basket-arch with archivolt set on an impost string course; to
each side are later openings beyond which are round-arched
openings with decorative fanlights and archivolts; mounting
block to left of the arch.
First floor: 7 C20 casements mostly in original ashlar
surounds with projecting sills; hipped stone slate roof. Rear
of this range has 3 original round-arched openings to each
side of the carriageway.
Right return (to Bath Gardens) with original round-arched
opening above a tripartite window.
Rear 2-storey range: impost string course links 4 altered
openings with fanlights and archivolts; external stone steps;
Welsh slate roof with ridge lights, round vents and coped
gables.
The single-storey blocks facing rear courtyard have C20 infill
and flat-roofed additions.
One-storey garages face the outer courtyard and link to shops
to each side of the main entrance.
Shops to left in a taller, obtuse-angled block with shop
fronts to Buxton Road having fluted pilasters and blind boxes.
Shop to right heightened to 2 storeys with C18 blind arcading
in 2 tiers facing the yard. End gable with shop front.
Right return (to Bath Gardens) with rectangular bay window.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Despite the extensive alterations the buildings form an
important group associated with the Rutland Arms Hotel (qv)
and its predecessor The White Horse.

Listing NGR: SK2172468534

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26602774

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)