Description

BURLINGTON STREET
(East side)

No.11 and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
BURLINGTON STREET
Nos.5-15 (Consec))
12/06/50

GV II

House, now flats. c1786 with late C19 and C20 alterations. Attributed to John Palmer.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar to front, ashlar and rubble to rear; double pile Welsh Slate parapeted roof, with coped party wall with two ashlar stacks with some early clay pots to right. Staircase to rear.
EXTERIOR: Four storeys and basement, single bay tripartite-window front. First floor has three plate glass horned sashes, narrower to left and right, in surround. Second floor has three similar sashes in splayed reveals with continuous C19 timber blind box; third floor has two plate glass horned sashes in plain reveals with stone sills each with C19 timber blind box. Ground floor has to right two plate glass horned sashes in splayed reveals with continuous stone sill with continuous C19 timber blind box and sides and base of C19 cast iron balconette; to left eight panel door with flush moulded and fielded panels with single glazed panel in top with C19 painted knocker in plain reveal, one step to crossover paved in C19 encaustic tiles with C19 cast iron footscraper. Basement has two plate glass sashes in plain reveals with continuous stone sill, C20 door under crossover, C20 area steps. Weathered sill bands to first floor and second floor; moulded cornice over second floor; small coved eaves cornice and coped parapet, lead hopperhead at eaves to left. Rear elevation has plate glass horned sashes; one and a half storey ashlar extension off staircase has sash with coloured glass borders to first half landing.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Attached wrought iron railings and gate with cast urn tops and urn finials to left and centre, missing to right, on limestone bases. Damaged C19 trellis screen attached to right adjacent to front door of No.10 (qv).
HISTORY: Developed in conjunction with Portland Place (qv) by John Hensley; Nos 12-15 Burlington Street, Nos 1-4 Portland Place and Nos 17-20 Portland Place on leasehold land demised to John Hensley 30 March 1782 for three lives by legatees of Morford's Estate and let out on building leases 25 March, 24 June and 31 October 1785; East side of Burlington Street and Portland Place on freehold land belonging to Hensley conveyed to Hensley and William Phillips by Duperee family 1 and 2 January 1772 and then by lease and release 23 and 24 June 1783 from Hensley, Phillips and their trustee to Daniel Tanner as trustee for Hensley alone.
W. Ison, The Georgian Buildings of Bath (1980), 161; Hensley Family Papers: BUNDLES 16 AND 47; T. Thorp, Plan of the Parish of Walcot ... Surveyed for - Gay Esq 1740: 44, 45.

Listing NGR: ST7474565572

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26896295

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)