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The Brow

A Grade II Listed Building in Combe Down, Bath and North East Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3585 / 51°21'30"N

Longitude: -2.3411 / 2°20'28"W

OS Eastings: 376343

OS Northings: 162212

OS Grid: ST763622

Mapcode National: GBR 0QQ.NYL

Mapcode Global: VH96T.C3PX

Plus Code: 9C3V9M55+9G

Entry Name: The Brow

Listing Date: 5 August 1975

Last Amended: 15 October 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1394018

English Heritage Legacy ID: 509410

ID on this website: 101394018

Location: Combe Down, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA2

County: Bath and North East Somerset

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bath

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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Description


CHURCH ROAD Combe Down
(South side (off))

The Brow
05/08/75

GV II

Large detached house. Mid C19.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar south front, dressed stone elsewhere, slate roof.
EXTERIOR: Entrance front, to north, three sections, centre range higher, in two storeys with attics, having two twelve-pane sashes at first floor, with large centred eighteen-pane plus margin panes stair sash. Square stone porch with pilasters, off centre left, has six-panel door, and to right are small light and twelve-pane sash. Unit has moulded cornice, blocking course and parapet. To left lower wing has cornice, at lower level, and one small opening, and to right, in ashlar, twelve-pane above four-pane. Roof hipped, with paired dormer to west. East side has wrought iron trellis porch to side entrance. South front, set near edge of dramatic drop into the valley, has three large twelve-pane sashes at each level, and full height canted bay to right, also with twelve-pane sashes, all with cornice, blocking course and parapet, returned at ends. Lower block attached to right, continued to garden boundary wall swept up to house front. Two large ashlar stacks at each end.
INTERIOR: Inspected by Bath Council 1990. Good white and Sienna fireplace, regency grate. Six-panel door, three/three rectangular panels. Formerly in extensive gardens, this is largest villa of group built at this time, including those in Belmont Road (qv) to the west, to take advantage of extensive views of countryside to the south.
Listing NGR: ST7634362212


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