Description

RIVERS STREET
656-1/30/1419 (South side)
12/06/50 No.47 and attached railings

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

GV II

House. 1770-1775. Part of the Rivers Street development by John Wood the Younger.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar to front, rubble below basement windows, rubble to rear, double pile parapeted mansard roof, artificial slate to front and rear, two ashlar stacks on coped party wall to left shared with No.46 Rivers Street (qv) with some early clay pots.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys, attic and basement, three-window front. First floor has three six/six-sashes with further three fixed panes added below in ovolo moulded architraves with friezes and cornices and lowered moulded stone sills on brackets with wrought iron balconettes. Second floor has three six/six horned sashes in ovolo moulded architraves with stone sills. Ground floor has, to left, nine/nine-sash in plain reveal with splayed jambs with lowered stone sill; to right a six-panel door with flush beaded, fielded and glazed panels, with single concrete step in pedimented Doric doorcase, two steps to Pennant paved crossover, small four pane window to right of door. Basement has six/six horned sash in plain reveal with stone sill C20 glazed door and small four-pane window in ashlar infilling under crossover, C20 area steps. Double dormer with six/six-sashes.
Band course over ground floor, modillion cornice and coped parapet. Lead downpipe attached to left.
Rear elevation partially visible, six/six horned sashes to upper floors, to first floor with wrought iron balconettes.
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: ST7471965438

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26673772

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