Description

BATHWICK HILL
(North side)

No. 38 Bayfield House
12/06/50

GV II

Detached house. c1830 with late C19 additions.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, slate roof steeply-pitched to front and rear with two two/two pane sash windows to dormers and a flat lead centre and moulded stacks to coped gable ends.
PLAN: rectangular, double depth plan with rear additions.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys, attic and basement; symmetrical three window front. Coped parapet, cornice and stepped frieze, moulded second floor sill band, moulded impost string course rising over semicircular arched windows, a ground floor platband and banded rustication to the ground floor. Six/six pane sash windows to the second floor have sliding louvered shutters; plate glass sashes to the rest, those flanking the porch also have sliding shutters; the fanlights over the full height first floor windows have margin panes and two radial glazing bars. A projecting porch has Doric columns in antis supporting a cornice and frieze. The cornice continues as a moulded edge to a balcony on cast iron brackets flanking the porch. A cast iron balustrade, articulated by trellised piers with semicircular heads over anthemion motifs, steps forward over the porch and spans the first floor. The porch has a small circular window with radial glazing bars to the left return. Blind windows to the returns of the main block with mouldings similar to the front. Late C19 conservatory to the rear.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
SUBSDIARY FEATURES: Pedimented and fielded gate piers to front wall.
HISTORY: One of the larger houses of the late Georgian development of Bathwick Hill, reflecting Greek Revival tendencies.

Listing NGR: ST7607664782

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26673320

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)