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Archway to Guildhall Car Park

A Grade II Listed Building in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset

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Latitude: 51.3819 / 51°22'54"N

Longitude: -2.3583 / 2°21'29"W

OS Eastings: 375161

OS Northings: 164824

OS Grid: ST751648

Mapcode National: GBR 0QH.BL4

Mapcode Global: VH96M.2JMG

Plus Code: 9C3V9JJR+QM

Entry Name: Archway to Guildhall Car Park

Listing Date: 11 August 1972

Last Amended: 15 October 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1396245

English Heritage Legacy ID: 511649

ID on this website: 101396245

Location: Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA1

County: Bath and North East Somerset

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bath

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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Description


ORANGE GROVE
(North side)

Archway to Guildhall car park
(Formerly Listed as:
ORANGE GROVE
The Old Police Station)
11/08/72

GV II

Archway. 1893. By John McKean Brydon. Limestone ashlar. Carriage arch with flanking foot arches, in form of Venetian window. A richly designed, Baroque embellishment to the enlarged town hall complex, comprising a Pierced rusticated wall with attached Roman Doric order with blocked rustication to half columns. Semicircular headed central opening with square headed side openings with keyed circular opening above each. Triglyph frieze, modillion cornice, balustraded parapet. Archway to Guildhall yard between contemporary Municipal Buildings by same architect, and Central Police Station by the City Architect, Major Charles Davis. (Jackson N: Nineteenth Century Bath - Architects and Architecture: Bath: 1991-: 187).

Listing NGR: ST7516164824

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