Description

ST JAMES'S PARADE
656-1/40/1541 (South West side)

No.19 The Bath Tap

(Formerly listed as ST JAMES'S PARADE,
(South West side)
6 to 18 consec & No 19 (Devonshire Arms
Public House)
12/06/50

GV II

House, now Public House. c1768, possibly by John Palmer in association with Thomas Jelly. Double depth building with mansard roofs, part of long terrace on this side of St James' Parade (qv Nos 6-18).
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, rubble in part to rear, slate and double Roman tile roof.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys, attic and basement, three window front. All windows are twelve-pane sashes, save for the paired four-pane dormer. The left-hand windows to each floor are paired; those to ground floor are set in splayed surrounds while those to first and second floors are within architraves and central mullion, with consoles to cill and cornice to the first floor pair. Right hand windows to upper floors similarly framed. Entrance consists of a six-panel door via two steps, set within a pedimented Ionic doorcase with fluted frieze and paterae. Cornice, blocking course and parapet, deep stacks to left. Rear has double Roman tiles, and walling mainly squared rubble, but with ashlar to staircase section. Rear dormer with paired four-pane sash above triple twelve-pane at three levels, but one sash modified at first and second floor levels, to left deep twelve-pane at mid level, above small C20 addition, and with single storey extension across lower ground floor (raised in 1984).
INTERIOR: Pub interior altered in c1994. Some of the cornice remains in situ, much painted over; a mid C19 cast iron fireplace is set within a timber surround.
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 c.1768. 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: ST7498564501

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26673874

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