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41 and 41A, Broad Street

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3839 / 51°23'2"N

Longitude: -2.36 / 2°21'35"W

OS Eastings: 375044

OS Northings: 165046

OS Grid: ST750650

Mapcode National: GBR 0QH.45D

Mapcode Global: VH96M.1GQY

Plus Code: 9C3V9JMR+H2

Entry Name: 41 and 41A, Broad Street

Listing Date: 5 August 1975

Last Amended: 15 October 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1395023

English Heritage Legacy ID: 510441

ID on this website: 101395023

Location: Bath, 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

Church of England Parish: Bath St Michael Without

Church of England Diocese: Bath and Wells

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Description


BROAD STREET
(East side)
Nos.41 AND 41A

05/08/75

GV
II

House, now shop. Early C18, possibly refronting of older asymmetrical house; shopfront mid C19 altered 1876 and C20.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar facade, rubble-stone right return, C20 slate roof forming a new attic storey, probably three storeys and attic originally.
PLAN: Double depth.
EXTERIOR: Two storeys with attic, four window front. Banded pilaster rises to moulded capital to former third storey on left party wall, indicating house formerly three storeys high, third storey was still in place in 1912. Slightly returned coped parapet; stopped cornices to first and ground floors and banded pilasters to quoins. Moulded architraves and sills, keystones reaching cornice and panelled aprons to first floor six/six pane sash windows. Bay to left of centre stepped slightly forward and flanked by fluted pilasters with moulded consoles supporting open pediment. Below tall opening with moulded arises flanked by Ionic pilasters with exaggerated entasis on tall plinths. C19 half-glazed shop door has tall overlight. To left cornice and fascia to projecting canted two pane shop window, to right cornice on moulded pilasters with elaborate consoles to fascia and four pane shop window. Both shop windows have semi-elliptical heads to two overlights to each pane.
INTERIOR: Not inspected on this occasion but has good original fielded panelling in the first floor rooms, and part of a turned baluster staircase.
HISTORY: This unusually treated elevation may be ascribed to William Killigrew, and is a significant example of the prevailing architectural fashions at the time of John Wood¿s arrival in Bath. The attic storey was added in 1973.
SOURCES: The Bath Chronicle: Images of Bath (1994); G. Finch, Shopfront Record, Bath City Council (1992).

Listing NGR: ST7504465046

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