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Bath High School Hope House

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3908 / 51°23'26"N

Longitude: -2.3645 / 2°21'52"W

OS Eastings: 374737

OS Northings: 165816

OS Grid: ST747658

Mapcode National: GBR 0Q9.P20

Mapcode Global: VH96L.Y9WM

Plus Code: 9C3V9JRP+86

Entry Name: Bath High School Hope House

Listing Date: 12 June 1950

Last Amended: 15 October 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1394426

English Heritage Legacy ID: 509826

Also known as: Bath High School Hope House

ID on this website: 101394426

Location: Walcot, 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


LANSDOWN ROAD
(West side)

Hope House
(Bath High School)
12/06/50

GV II

Mansion house, now school. 1790 with C20 alterations. By John Palmer.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, hipped slate roof, flat to top with C20 dormers.
PLAN: Square plan with four-window stepped forward block to east Lansdown entrance facade and full height segmental bows to south and west fronts (the east front has C20 additions).
EXTERIOR: Two storeys with attic to street front, three storeys to rest. Four-window front to street. Building encircled by parapet with balustraded panels and moulded coping, modillion cornice and lintel frieze and ground floor platband. To Lansdown front are six/six-pane sash windows with balconettes to first floor, six/six-panes to ground floor and blind window to left. Central doorcase has reeded edges to segmental arched stone roof supported by walls with thin engaged Tuscan columns to fronts (similar to that of No.1 Lansdown Place East (qv), and another at No.16 Brock Street (qv)) to double three-panel doors and segmental-arched overlight. Single window set back side wings have six/six-pane sash windows to first floor. To left has single storey infill with cornice and blocking course over blind window. To right two-storey infill with coped parapet, cornices to first and ground floors and blind window. Five-window west front rises from rusticated lower ground floor plinth with radial voussoirs to windows and central C20 double doors. Three windows to upper floors of bow have balconettes. South front similar.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST7473765816

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