Description

SION HILL
656-1/15/1470 (South side)
No.16
05/08/75

GV II

House at corner of Sion Hill, backing onto road. Built in two phases, late C18 to west part and late C19 to east.
MATERIALS: Squared limestone rubble to C18 block, machine cut ashlar to C19 block; double pitched roof, pantiled to north slope.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys, two window front to C18 block with coped parapet and dentilled cornice (returned to garden front). Six/six-pane sash windows, those to left are lower than those to right where second floor window has balconette. No windows to ground floor of street facade.
INTERIOR: Not inspected. Bath Preservation Trust Interiors Survey reports survival of numerous features: stone stairs throughout, with square section metal rails and mahogany hand rail; dining room with alcoves, plaster ceiling with later embellishment; some modern replacement of other items.
SOURCE: Bath Preservation Trust Interiors Survey 1991.

Listing NGR: ST7405266079

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26673957

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)