Description

656-1/30/1401

RIVERS STREET (North side)
No.28 and attached railings

(Formerly Listed as: RIVERS STREET (North side) No.16. Nos 17-31 (consec))

12/06/50

GV
II
Terrace house. 1770-1775 with C20 alterations. Part of the Rivers Street development by John Wood the Younger.

MATERIALS: limestone ashlar to front, rubble to plinth to basement, ashlar and rubble to rear, double pile parapeted mansard roof, Welsh Slate to front and rear, with two ashlar stacks on coped party wall to left.

EXTERIOR: three storeys, attic and basement, three-window front. First floor has three six/nine horned sashes in ovolo moulded architraves with friezes and cornices, with lowered moulded stone sills on console brackets with cast iron balconettes. Second floor has three six/six horned sashes in ovolo moulded architraves with stone sills. Ground floor has to left two six/six horned sashes in splayed reveals with stone sills, to right six-panel door with flush beaded, fielded and glazed panels with two pennant steps in pedimented Doric doorcase, three steps to pennant paved crossover.

Basement has two six/six-sashes in plain reveals with stone sills, door with six unmoulded panels under crossover, limestone area steps with slate inserts to treads and wrought iron handrail. C20 quadruple dormer with six/six horned sashes. Band course over ground floor continuous with Nos 29 and 30 Rivers Street (qv), modillion eaves cornice and coped parapet continuous with Nos 29, 30 and 31 Rivers Street (qv).
Rear elevation has plate glass sashes, parapeted ashlar extension to basement and ground floor, lead hopperhead at eaves to left, area of lined-out Render in imitation of ashlar to right.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wrought iron railings and gate with shaped heads on limestone bases.

HISTORY: Rivers Street was developed by John Wood the Younger on three parcels of land: Nos. 1-11 constructed in conjunction with Catharine Place on ground conveyed on perpetual leasehold from Sir Benet Garrard to Wood and Brock as his trustee 19/20 December 1766. Nos. 16-28 and 36-47 Rivers Street with areas behind Nos. 46 and 47 on ground conveyed from Rivers Estate (owned by Sir Peter Rivers Gay) to Wood 5 March 1768 for 99 years. Nos. 28-35 Rivers Street were constructed in conjunction with Russell Street on ground bought by John Wood and Andrew Sproule as his trustee from Thomas and Daniel Omer 30 December 1768 on perpetual freehold rents. The strip of ground on which Nos 12-15 and 48-50 Rivers Street were constructed was probably never acquired by Wood. The sites of Nos. 12-15 were conveyed from the Rivers Estate to Thomas and James Beale on 30 December 1774 and 16 October 1776 on perpetual freehold rents.

A number of different Bath builders were responsible for implementing Wood's overall design, re Ison.

SOURCES: Building leases and rate books; Walter Ison, The Georgian Buildings of Bath (2nd ed. 1980), 233.

Listing NGR: ST7481165449

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26688760

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