Description

BURLINGTON STREET
(East side)

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

GV II

House, now flats. c1786 with C19 and C20 additions. Attributed to John Palmer.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar to front, ashlar and rubble to rear. Double pile parapeted mansard roof, Welsh Slate to front and rear, coped party wall to right with two ashlar stacks to front and rear. Staircase to front.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys, attic and basement, three window front. First floor has three six/nine horned sashes in splayed reveals with stone sills with wrought iron balconettes. Second floor has three six/six sashes in plain reveals with simple balconettes. Ground floor has to right two six/six sashes in plain reveals with stone sills with wrought iron balconettes, to left six panel door with fielded and glazed panels in chamfered reveal, one step to concreted crossover with wrought iron footscraper. Basement has two six/six sashes in plain reveals with continuous stone sill, C20 six panel door under crossover, C20 area steps. One double and one single dormer with plate glass sashes. Weathered sill band to second floor; lintel, moulded eaves cornice and coped parapet. Rear elevation has glazing bar sashes with wrought iron balconettes to first floor and second floor, double and single dormer with plate glass sashes, C20 single storey flat roofed extension.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Attached wrought iron railings and gate with urn tops and urn finials on thicker section railings to left, centre and right, on painted limestone bases.
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.
SOURCES: W. Ison, The Georgian Buildings of Bath (1980), 161; T. Thorp, Plan of the Parish of Walcot ... Surveyed for - Gay Esq 1740: 44 AND 45.

Listing NGR: ST7474965598

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26896303

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