Description

UNION PASSAGE
656-1/41/1703 (West side)

No.3

(Formerly Listed as:
UNION PASSAGE (West side)
Nos.3-6 AND 6A (Consec))
05/08/75

GV II

Shop with accommodation over. c1806, altered late C20. Building probably supervised by City Architect, John Palmer, but to earlier (c1791) elevations by Thomas Baldwin.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar with Welsh slate roof, largely hidden from street.
PLAN: Single depth plan, back-to-back with No.23 Union Street, redeveloped.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys and attic, three windows, all late C19 plain sashes in plain reveals, central one on upper floor blind. Late C20 shopfront. Cornice, parapet.
INTERIOR: Ground floor retains nothing of interest, interior otherwise not seen.
HISTORY: Undertaken as part of the scheme of improvement for the City centre following the Bath Improvement Act of 1789. Union Passage is a street line known to survive from the Saxon period; previously Cox Lane, it is shown on Smith's Map of 1588.

Listing NGR: ST7503064814

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674402

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