Description

WELLS ROAD
656-1/40/2491 (North side)

Nos.22 AND 24

(Formerly Listed as:
WELLS ROAD Nos.12-32 (Even))
05/08/75

GV II

Pair of houses in row. c1820 with C20 alterations.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, slate and double Roman tile roofs.
EXTERIOR: Two storeys, with two lower ground floors generated by drop in site from street front. Each two windows, all sashes. No.22 has twelve-pane above one twelve-pane, five-panel door, and three-pane C19 shopfront with transom lights, fascia and cornice. No.24 has two C20 dormers in pantile mansard roof, above twelve-pane, with off centre six-panel door under thin flat hood on consoles. Each has small plinth, dying to pavement, left, moulded cornice, blocking course and parapet, with deep ashlar stack to right. Rear not accessible.
INTERIORS: Not inspected.
Part of a mixed row from 12-34 (qqv), but similar to the adjacent Nos.16-20, except for parapet fronts. The Road to Wells and Exeter was described as 'The New Road' on Chantry's 1793 plan of Bath.

Listing NGR: ST7480764316

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674579

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)