Description

RIVERS STREET
656-1/30/1418 (South side)
12/06/50 No.46 and attached railings

(Formerly Listed as:
RIVERS STREET (South side)
Nos.38-47 (Consecutive))

GV II

House, now flats. 1770-1775. Part of the Rivers Street development by John Wood the Younger.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar to front, rubble below basement windows, ashlar, rubble and Render to rear, double pile parapeted mansard roof, Welsh Slate to front, double Romans to rear, with coped party wall with two ashlar stacks with some early clay pots shared with No.47 Rivers Street (qv) to right.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys, attic and basement, three-window front. First floor has three plate glass horned sashes in ovolo moulded architraves with splayed jambs, friezes over but cornices now removed, lowered moulded stone sills on cut down console brackets with wrought iron balconettes. Second floor has three plate glass horned sashes in ovolo moulded architraves with stone sills, to centre and right with simple window guards. Ground floor has, to right, two plate glass horned sashes in plain reveals with stone jambs with stone sills; to left, a six-panel door with flush beaded, fielded and glazed panels with C19 door furniture; one Pennant step in pedimented Doric doorcase, two steps to Pennant paved crossover. Basement has two six/six-sashes in plain reveals with continuous stone sill, half-glazed door under crossover and C20 area steps. One double dormer with two/two horned sashes.
Band course over ground floor, modillion cornice and coped parapet. Rear elevation partially visible has shallow rendered segmented bay, full height, probably later addition with two/two-sash to second floor, two/two-sashes to double dormer, extension off staircase up to second half-landing.
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: ST7472665436

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26673771

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