Description

NORTHAMPTON STREET
(East side)

No.31
(Formerly Listed as:
NORTHAMPTON STREET
(East side)
Nos.23-31 (Consec))
05/08/75

GV II

House. After 1819. By GP Manners.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar to front and rear. Double pile roof parapeted to front, double Romans to front and rear, with coped party wall to right with two rebuilt brick and ashlar stacks.
PLAN: House at angle of street narrows to rear, staircase to front.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys and basement, two-window front. First floor has eight/eight-sash in plain reveal with stone sill to right, similar six/six sash to left. Second floor has two two/two-sashes in plain reveals with stone sills. Ground floor has to right eight/eight-sash in plain reveal with stone sill, to left six-panel door with reeded panels, fielded panels with voided corners, glazed panels, fanlight blocked, in round headed plain reveal. Basement has eight/eight-sash in splayed reveal, partially above ground level and with grating in pavement. Moulded cornice over first floor, lintel at eaves level and coped parapet. Rear elevation ashlar, otherwise not visible.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
HISTORY: Northampton Street and adjacent development commenced c1791 to design of Thomas Baldwin as trustee to William Pulteney, continued from 1794 after bankruptcy of principal contractors with elevations on leases signed by Thomas Chantry and John Pinch (his first major work), completed after 1819, plans and elevations on leases of 12 and 25 signed by GP Manners. Bomb damage in 1942 and subsequent redevelopment have major impact on lower part of street.
SOURCES: Country Life: 6 November 1980: Francis Kelly: Apology for an Eyesore: 1687-1692; Orbach J: Card Index of Bath Architects and Streets: 1978-.

Listing NGR: ST7461065595

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674985

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