Description

WIDCOMBE HILL
656-1/42/1898 (South side)
No.1
05/08/75

GV II

House at end of row. Late C18 or early C19.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, double Roman tile roof.
PLAN: Small house in single depth, set gable to street, originally there were two houses here, but second part, to rear, has been demolished.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys, windows to bold square sills all plastic replacements, but at time of previous survey were still glazing bar sashes, one/two/one, with to left six panel flush, part glazed door under flat hood with moulded edge, on brackets. Low square ashlar stack on right hand corner. Return, facing north, also has two plastic windows. High coped gable to rear appears to have been party division, rendered, and has large external stack, cropped. One corner of this gable end has small section of ashlar, and short length of moulded cornice, cleanly cut through.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
House extended in 1978.
Included for group value.
SOURCES: Bath Archaeological Trust/RCHM England, Georgian Bath Historical Map (1989).

Listing NGR: ST7578964061

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674604

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)