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Devonshire Lodge

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.381 / 51°22'51"N

Longitude: -2.346 / 2°20'45"W

OS Eastings: 376017

OS Northings: 164721

OS Grid: ST760647

Mapcode National: GBR 0QJ.7QV

Mapcode Global: VH96M.9K45

Plus Code: 9C3V9MJ3+CJ

Entry Name: Devonshire Lodge

Listing Date: 11 August 1972

Last Amended: 15 October 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1394186

English Heritage Legacy ID: 509588

Also known as: 4 Bathwick Hill

ID on this website: 101394186

Location: Bathwick, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA2

County: Bath and North East Somerset

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bath

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

Tagged with: Gatehouse Detached house

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Description


BATHWICK HILL
(South side)

No. 4 Devonshire Lodge
11/08/72

GV II

Detached house. c1825. Probably by John Pinch.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, hipped slate roof with moulded stacks to sides.
PLAN: Double depth with a small single storey wing to the right.
EXTERIOR: Two storeys with attic and lower ground floor; symmetrical three window front. Returned coped cornice, parapet, frieze and first floor sill band; six/six pane sash windows, those to the ground floor, set in painted semicircular arched recesses, have balconettes. The centre of the parapet sweeps up to the centre with stone paterae and scrolls flanking the centre over an open balustraded panel. The elaborate painted stone doorcase, with highly characteristic late Georgian ornament, has a cornice, with foliate scroll carving to the frieze, Composite capitals (with grape and vine leaf enrichment) to plain pilasters, a semicircular arched recess over a five panel door with a large ornamental circular panel to the centre. To the centre of the rear garden front is a full height segmental bay with a high parapet and louvred shutters to the windows.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
HISTORY: A fine late Georgian villa forming part of the upward development of Bathwick Hill. The date is taken from the conveyance from the Earl of Pulteney¿s estate. The drawings for this and other houses close by came from the Darlington Estate Office, to which Pinch was surveyor.
SOURCES: `Beyond Mr Pulteney¿s Bridge¿ (Bath Preservation Trust exhib. Cat. 1987), 47, where the original elevation design is reproduced; Robert Bennett, `The Last of the Georgian Architects of Bath¿, Bath History IX (2002), 100].


Listing NGR: ST7601764721

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