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2, Church Street

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3808 / 51°22'50"N

Longitude: -2.3587 / 2°21'31"W

OS Eastings: 375132

OS Northings: 164702

OS Grid: ST751647

Mapcode National: GBR 0QH.BH8

Mapcode Global: VH96M.2KDB

Plus Code: 9C3V9JJR+8G

Entry Name: 2, Church Street

Listing Date: 12 June 1950

Last Amended: 15 October 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1394045

English Heritage Legacy ID: 509435

ID on this website: 101394045

Location: Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA1

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 STREET


No.2 (Formerly
Listed as: CHURCH
STREET Nos 2-4
(consec). No. 5)
12/06/50

GV II

House, now offices. c1762 with late C18 and late C19 alterations. By Thomas Jelly for the Duke of Kingston's Estate.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, painted on ground floor, with pantile roof.
STYLE: Palladian.
PLAN: Deep single depth backing onto existing 1727 addition to Ralph Allen's house (qv York Street), two now one address, but listed separately because of their completely different character and provenance.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys, attic and basement. Five windows to whole, but two left hand windows part of No.7 York Street (qv). Ground floor has central plain recessed door with rectangular overlight. Two sash windows on either side, to left late C18 type with six/six sashes, to right late C19 plate glass plain sashes. Top of basement windows show in plinth below. Platband. First floor windows all late C18 type, six/six, but two right hand ones have dropped sills and are six/nine. Upper floor all six/six. Modillion cornice, parapet, mansard roof with three dormers, two are paired, single to right, all flat topped and with plain sashes, stone stack with pots.
INTERIOR: Not inspected. This house appears to have been a part of the development leased to Thomas Jelly in 1762.
SOURCES: (Colvin H: A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1660-1840: London: 1978-: 457; Holland E: The Kingston Estate within the walled City of Bath: Bath: 1992-; Bath Archaeological Trust/RCHM England: Georgian Bath Historical Map: Southampton: 1989-).
Listing NGR: ST7513264702

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