Description

HENRIETTA STREET
656-1/0/0 (West side)

Nos.2-5 (Consec) (Formerly Listed as: HENRIETTA STREET Nos.1-4, 5, 6-35 (Consec))
12/06/50

GV I

Four terrace houses, part of a larger scheme. c1792 with C20 alterations. By Thomas Baldwin.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, double pitched slate mansard roofs with moulded stacks to coped party walls.
PLAN: Double depth plans.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys with attics and basements, each house has three-window range. Four houses are continuation to left of grand terrace facing Laura Place, Nos 1-3 (qv) and No.1 Henrietta Street (qv). Modillion cornice, entablature, moulded upper floor sill string courses and ground floor platband are continued from those buildings. Arcade of equal semicircular arched openings to ground floor have impost string course. Terrace originally had six/six-pane sash windows, those to ground floor with radial glazing bars, and six-panel doors with radial fanlights to right of each house. No.2 has C20 dormers, painted splayed reveals to plate glass sash windows (six/six-panes to basement), six-panel door and fanlight. No.3 appears to be unaltered. No.4 has C20 dormers, six/six-pane sash windows to second floor and basement, and painted splayed reveals to plate glass sashes to first and ground floors. No.5 appears to be unaltered apart from painted splayed reveals to plate glass ground floor windows.
INTERIORS: Not inspected, except No.3 1984. Fine cornice with rams heads and swags, starfish and floral frieze, sideboard recess with plaster decorated arch. Regency fireplace and other good marble ones throughout. Large double doors on first floor.
HISTORY: Part of the notable development of the Pulteney Estate east of the river. Henrietta Street was the most substantial of the subsidiary roads to develop, and was originally intended to connect Laura Place with a proposed development named Frances Square to the north: this was not proceeded with. Nos 3, 4 and 5 , all with leases dated 1789, were complete when Luke Fielder was declared bankrupt 23rd October 1794. The houses are shown as built on Chantry¿s 1794 plan of Bath. No.5 was listed on 14th July 1955.
SOURCES: (Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bath: Bath: 1980-: 13; ).

Listing NGR: ST7526165058

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17526263

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)