Description

656-1/30/1402

RIVERS STREET (North side)
No.29 and attached railings

(Formerly Listed as: RIVERS STREET (North side) No.16. Nos 17-31 (consec))

12/06/50

GV
II
Terrace house. 1770-1775. Part of the Rivers Street development by John Wood the Younger.

MATERIALS: limestone ashlar to front, ashlar and render lined out in imitation of ashlar to rear, double pile parapeted mansard roof, artificial slate to front, double Romans to upper slope to rear, artificial slate to lower slope, coped party wall to left with two rebuilt ashlar stacks with early clay pots.

EXTERIOR: three storeys, attic and basement, three-window front. First floor has three plate glass horned sashes in ovolo moulded architraves with friezes and cornices, lowered mould stone sills on console brackets. Second floor has three plate glass horned sashes in ovolo moulded architraves with stone sills. Ground floor has two plate glass horned sashes in splayed reveals with stone sills to left, to right six-panel door with flush beaded, fielded and glazed panels with two pennant steps in pedimented Doric doorcase with attached wrought iron footscraper, two pennant steps to concreted crossover.

Basement has two six/six-sashes in plain reveals with stone sills, C20 door in ashlar infilling under crossover, limestone area steps refaced in concrete, wrought iron handrail. Double dormer with plate glass sashes. Band course over ground floor and modillion cornice and coped parapet continuous with Nos. 28, 30 and 31 Rivers Street (qv).

Rear elevation has plate glass horned sashes, to first floor with wrought iron balconette, two six/six-sashes to staircase, to first half-landing with wrought iron bars with shaped heads, single storey ashlar parapeted hipped roof extension and other single storey extensions, lead hopperhead at eaves to centre.

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. The strip of ground on which Nos 12-15 and 48-50 Rivers Street were constructed was probably never acquired by Wood. The sites of Nos. 12-15 were conveyed from the 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. This house was occupied by G.P. Manners, Architect (c.1789-1866) in 1819 (source: Bath Directory).

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

Listing NGR: ST7481865451

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26673755

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