Description

CHURCH ROAD Combe Down
(North side)

Nos.153 AND 155 Charlton
House (Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH ROAD, Combe
Down Nos. 53 AND 155)
05/08/75

GV II

Detached villa, formerly two. Mid C19.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, slate roof.
PLAN: Compact block with low-pitched roof to wide eaves, with single bay pavilion like extension each side, set well back.
EXTERIOR: Two storeys, three windows, four-pane sashes on wide sills extending beyond openings, on brackets. Ashlar porch with reeded pilasters, entablature and blocking course with parapet over panelled door. Each wing has one sash to each floor, and right return to front range has sash at each floor, and further inserted window at ground floor. Two square ashlar stacks each end, and further stack to pavilion set back.
INTERIOR: Not inspected however a partial inspection of No. 153 in 1976 by Bath Council showed the first floor ceilings had been severely damaged by prolonged neglect from a leaking roof and had to be replaced. One of a series of villas along the north side of Church Road enjoying panoramic views across the countryside to the south.
Listing NGR: ST7638062432

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26673134

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)