Description

656-1/18/117
12.6.50

ST JAMES'S PARADE
(South West Side)
Nos 6 to 18 (consec)
(Formerly listed as ST JAMES'S PARADE,
6 to 18 consec & No 19 (Devonshire Arms Public House)

II

Terrace of houses and shops. c1768. Probably John Palmer, architect but possibly Wood the Younger, who also used Venetian windows motif but with more refinement.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, rubble in part to rear, slate and double Roman tile roof. Three storeys plus mansard.
EXTERIOR: First floor Venetian windows (all except No 19). Three-light window above. Doorways. with Doric order and pediments; some carved triglyphs and metopes with rosettes or swags.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
HISTORY: St James's Parade, originally Thomas Street, was the centrepiece of a development from 1765 onwards by Richard Jones, Thomas Jelly and Henry Fisher who were granted liberty in September 1765 to 'pull down the Boro' walls next to the Ambry gardens in order to build new houses there'. The street was closed off with bollards at each end, and the houses fronted a broad paved walk in place of the road. The elevations, attributed to Thomas Jelly and John Palmer, show the influence of John Wood the Younger's work elsewhere, as in Rivers Street. The houses were mainly built in c1768. Following bomb damage in the area, extensive clearance and redevelopment has taken place. St James's Parade, after an uncertain period, was reprieved. This pub was formerly known as the Rugby Arms.
SOURCES: W. Ison 'The Georgian Buildings of Bath' (1980 ed), 151; Bath City Council planning file.

Listing NGR: ST7496164540

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26673873

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