Description

CAMBRIDGE PLACE
(North side)

No.4 Rosewyn Villa
(Formerly Listed as:
WIDCOMBE HILL (North side)
Nos 4-6 (consec) Cambridge Place)
05/08/75

GV II

Detached villa. c1825. Attributed to John Pinch.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, slate roof.
PLAN: Compact block, with contemporary wing set back, right, and central side entry to transverse staircase.
EXTERIOR: Two storeys, three+one windows. Central light blind, with trompe l'oeil painted window at first floor. First floor four-pane sashes with margin lights all round, and to ground floor French casements with transom, with raised surrounds and floating cornices, with protective spear head railings. Low pitched roof on deep bracketed soffit, and with ogee shaped diagonal corner brackets. To right, a short flight of steps, panelled door, and sash at each level on front face of wing. Lofty ashlar stack to the rear, right.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
HISTORY: One of a series of five villas, set up from the street level in a group here. The building first appears in the Bath Directory for 1829.
SOURCES:(Orbach J: Card Index of Bath Architects and Streets: 1975-). Robert Bennett, `The Last of the Georgian Architects of Bath¿, Bath History IX (2002), 101.
Listing NGR: ST7566364182

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674153

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)