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Sion House and Attached Walls and Gatepiers

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3928 / 51°23'34"N

Longitude: -2.3726 / 2°22'21"W

OS Eastings: 374170

OS Northings: 166038

OS Grid: ST741660

Mapcode National: GBR 0Q9.LYT

Mapcode Global: VH96L.T8K4

Plus Code: 9C3V9JVG+4X

Entry Name: Sion House and Attached Walls and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 12 June 1950

Last Amended: 15 October 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1394913

English Heritage Legacy ID: 510324

ID on this website: 101394913

Location: Sion Hill, 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


SION HILL
656-1/15/1467 (South side)

No.8 Sion House and
attached walls and gatepiers.
12/06/50

GV II

Detached villa. C1805 with C20 additions. Probably by John Pinch.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, hipped slate roof.
PLAN: L-plan.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys with attic and lower ground floor, symmetrical three-window entrance front. Coped parapet, cornice and ground floor platband encircle building. Steps up to central six-panel door with margin panes and large fanlight with some ornament to glazing bars radiating from small central semicircle. Tall six/six-pane sash windows. Paired dormers to mansard roof. Garden front has full height three window bow with balconettes to first and ground floors. Lower ground floor is faced with rough ashlar.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Rubblestone wall approx 3m high extends eastward along Sion Hill for approx 15m to meet coped rough ashlar walls that curve in to tall ashlar gatepiers with cornices, block tops and segmental arched overthrow supporting projecting lamp bracket. C20 gates.

Listing NGR: ST7417066038

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