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Latitude: 51.3882 / 51°23'17"N
Longitude: -2.3543 / 2°21'15"W
OS Eastings: 375441
OS Northings: 165524
OS Grid: ST754655
Mapcode National: GBR 0Q9.ZJ7
Mapcode Global: VH96M.4CQM
Plus Code: 9C3V9JQW+77
Entry Name: Pinch's Folly
Listing Date: 11 August 1972
Last Amended: 15 October 2010
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1394353
English Heritage Legacy ID: 509759
ID on this website: 101394353
Location: Walcot, 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
Tagged with: Architectural structure Gate Folly
BATHWICK STREET
(North side)
Pinch's Folly
11/08/72
GV II
Archway, formerly the entrance to the builder's yard of John Pinch the Younger. c1830.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar.
EXTERIOR: Approximately 4m high and 5m wide overall, the semicircular arch to the centre is approx 3m high. An impost band and plinth step forward at four pilasters. A moulded cornice sweeps up to the centre, divides and scrolls down into two volutes with a shield on the keystone below and an urn on a segmental arched plinth above. The outer ends of the cornice are supported by pilasters that are fluted to the tops with guttae from the platband over lion masks. The walls to each side sweep down from the cornice to the impost band terminating at half-pilasters below the impost band with similar guttae and masks. Banded rustication between the pilasters to the main part; beyond the outer pilasters the walls scroll down from the impost band to rest on raised plinths.
HISTORY: Charles and John Pinch lived close by, at Bathwick House, Bathwick Street: this exuberant concoction of masonry is thought to have been an eye-catching feature associated with their contractor¿s yard.
SOURCES: Charles Robertson, `Bath. An Architectural Guide¿, 92.
Listing NGR: ST7544165524
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