Description

LONG ACRE

No.2
05/08/75

GV II

Formerly known as: No.2 LONDON ROAD. Warehouse and showroom. Early C19, altered 1910. Architect for alterations, Mowbray A Green.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, roof unseen.
PLAN: Double depth plan.
EXTERIOR: Four storeys, symmetrical ten-window front. Coped parapet, cornice third and second floor sill bands slightly returned, central swivel pivots to upper parts and fixed lower parts to paired twelve/eight-pane windows to two upper floors, similar windows with casement tops to first floor. Six Tuscan pilasters and entablature articulate five-bay ground floor, outer bays each have six-panel doors and square overlights to left, six/six-pane sash windows to right have banded rustication below the sill bands. Three central bays have C20 shopfronts with continuous three-pane overlights. Upper floors have paired windows to returns, rear has large double half-glazed loading-bay doors to each floor.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
HISTORY: This building, together with No.3 (qv), was Vesey's Coach Factory, and was converted to Bath Technical Institute in 1910.

Listing NGR: ST7536465814

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674084

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)