Description

SPRINGFIELD PLACE
656-1/16/1524 (West side)

Nos.7 AND 8

(Formerly Listed as:
LANSDOWN ROAD (West side)
Nos 7 AND 8 Springfield Place)
11/08/72

GV II

Pair of houses, originally symmetrical but altered. c1820.
MATERIALS: Painted limestone ashlar, roof unseen, moulded stacks to party wall.
PLAN: Double depth plan.
EXTERIOR: Two storeys and basement. Central three-window block has returned coped parapet that steps up at corners and rises at centre to form pediment; cornice and ground floor platband; blind windows party wall, that to first floor with segmental arched recess; balconettes to windows. No.7, to left, now has plate glass sash windows: in place of a recessed entrance bay (as per No.8) is a two storey, slightly projecting left wing with shared sills to paired windows. Cornice and platband continue across it and to right late C19 bolection moulded five-panel door glazed to top under swept hood on scrolled timber brackets. Plate glass sash windows. No.8 has vertical glazing bars to two/two-pane sash windows, set back, coped, lean-to, single storey wing with fine cast iron trellis supports to swept canopy in angle. Pelmets to windows. Original door has reeded lintel and jambs with roundels in blocks to upper corners.
INTERIOR: Has cornices, turned newels and mahogany rail to closed-string stairs, moulded architraves to six-panel doors and mid C19 half-glazed door with decorative stained glass to two Gothic-arched lights.
HISTORY: Part of this highly characteristic Regency suburban development, showing the influence of the Greek Revival on Bath's domestic architecture.

Listing NGR: ST7474766056

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674170

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets