Description

656-1/30/1378

RIVERS STREET (North side)
No.4 and attached railings

(Formerly Listed as: RIVERS STREET (North side) Nos.1-15 (Consecutive))

12/06/50

GV
II
Terrace house. 1770-1775 with C20 additions. By John Wood the Younger.

MATERIALS: limestone ashlar to front, rubble to plinth to basement, ashlar and rubble to rear, double pile roof, parapeted to front, Welsh slate to front and rear, has two ashlar stacks to front partially brick, to right. Staircase to rear.

EXTERIOR: three storeys, attic and basement, two window front. First floor has two paired nine/nine-sashes in splayed reveals, lowered and with continuous wrought iron balconette, second floor has two paired six/six horned sashes in plain reveals with continuous stone sill. Ground floor has two similar sashes to right, to left six-panel door with flush moulded fielded and single glazed panel with one pennant step in pedimented Doric doorcase, two steps to pennant paved crossover. Basement has two six/six-sashes in plain reveals with stone sills, panelled door under crossover, C20 area steps. One C20 dormer with casement windows. Band course over ground floor, modillion cornice and coped parapet. Rear elevation has horned glazing bar sashes, C20 dormer and rooflight, cantilevered ashlar lavatory extension to second half-landing.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wrought iron railings and gate with shaped heads on limestone bases.

HISTORY: Rivers Street was developed by John Wood the Younger on three parcels of land: Nos. 1-11 constructed in conjunction with Catharine Place on ground conveyed on perpetual leasehold from Sir Benet Garrard to Wood and Brock as his trustee 19/20 December 1766. Nos. 16-28 and 36-47 Rivers Street with areas behind Nos. 46 and 47 on ground conveyed from Rivers Estate (owned by Sir Peter Rivers Gay) to Wood 5 March 1768 for 99 years. Nos. 28-35 Rivers Street were constructed in conjunction with Russell Street on ground bought by John Wood and Andrew Sproule as his trustee from Thomas and Daniel Omer 30 December 1768 on perpetual freehold rents. Strip of ground on which Nos 12-15 and 48-50 Rivers Street constructed probably never acquired by Wood. Sites of Nos. 12-15 were conveyed from Rivers Estate to Thomas and James Beale on 30 December 1774 and 16 October 1776 on perpetual freehold rents.

A number of different Bath builders were responsible for implementing Wood's overall design, re Ison.

SOURCES: Building leases and rate books; Walter Ison, The Georgian Buildings of Bath (2nd ed. 1980), 233.

Listing NGR: ST7464765484

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26896241

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