Description

PARK STREET
656-1/29/1196 (West side)

No.9 and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: PARK STREET (West side) Nos.1-9 (Consec))
12/06/50

GV II

House, now flats. Completed 1792 with C19 and C20 additions.
By John Palmer, built by William Culverwell.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar to front, rubble with ashlar to third floor to right side and rear, Welsh slate double pile parapeted mansard roof, hipped to right with coped gable walls to left and right, ashlar stacks with early clay pots to left.
Staircase to front.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys, attic, basement and sub-basement, two-bay range. First floor has to left one six/six-sash with crown glass in plain reveal with stone sill, porch extension to right, second floor has two similar windows. Ground floor has to left one similar window, door in porch extension to right has two flush and two raised and fielded panels with single glazed panel in top with cast iron knocker, in pedimented Doric doorcase, porch has architrave of doorcase continued to left and right sides, two/two-sash with timber lintel in plain reveal with stone sill to ground floor left side, recessed panel to ground floor right side, six/six-sash in plain reveal with stone sill to front at first half landing, small two/two-sash at second half landing, moulded cornice and coped parapet to porch. Basement has six/six-sash in plain reveal with stone sill, two-light glazing bar casement to sub-basement, C20 glazed timber screen under crossover, no area steps. Double dormer with plate glass sashes. Band course over ground floor, frieze, moulded eaves cornice and coped parapet. Rear elevation single bay with three C19 plate glass horned sashes, to left and right narrower, with splayed reveals and continuous stone sills to each of ground, first and second floors, to ground and first floors with continuous wrought iron balconettes. Mansard built up to full third floor with two C19 two/two horned sashes in splayed reveals with stone sills. Six/six-sash, C20 door and ashlar extension to basement.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Attached wrought iron railings with urn tops on limestone bases. - 1667 - HISTORY: Part of incomplete St James's Square development on land leased by Fielder, King, Hewlett and Broom from Sir Peter Rivers Gay 25 March 1790; lower part of Park Street forms one of the four diagonal approaches to St James's Square. Underlease of messuage to William Culverwell 29 June 1792 for 94 years from 24 June 1792.
SOURCES: Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bath: Bath: 1980-: 170-172; Abstract of title of Sir J F Rivers ... to property sold 1856: DEED PKT 2379 & MAPS.

Listing NGR: ST7443465731

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26673376

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