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Rosewyn Villa

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3762 / 51°22'34"N

Longitude: -2.351 / 2°21'3"W

OS Eastings: 375663

OS Northings: 164182

OS Grid: ST756641

Mapcode National: GBR 0QJ.LFM

Mapcode Global: VH96M.6NGW

Plus Code: 9C3V9JGX+FH

Entry Name: Rosewyn Villa

Listing Date: 5 August 1975

Last Amended: 15 October 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1395137

English Heritage Legacy ID: 510554

ID on this website: 101395137

Location: Widcombe, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA2

County: Bath and North East Somerset

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bath

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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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

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