Description

BURLINGTON STREET
(East side)

No.10 and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
BURLINGTON STREET
Nos.5-15 (Consecutive))
12/06/50

GV II

House, now flats. c1786 with C19 and C20 alterations. Attributed to John Palmer.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar to front, ashlar and rubble to rear; double pile parapeted mansard roof, Welsh Slate to front and rear, with coped party wall with two ashlar stacks to right. Staircase to rear.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys, attic and basement, single bay tripartite-window front. First floor has three plate glass horned sashes, narrower to left and right, in surround with four pilasters to left and right and formed by stone mullions between windows supporting frieze and pediment with continuous C19 timber blind box let in over windows and continuous simple wrought iron balconette; second floor has three similar sashes in plain reveals with continuous C19 timber blind box; ground floor has to right two plate glass horned sashes in splayed reveals with continuous stone sill and C19 timber blind box, to left six panel door with flush beaded and fielded panels with C19 brass knocker with basket-arched fanlight with coloured and painted glass in basket-arched plain reveal, one step to crossover panel with C19 encaustic tiles, C19 cast iron footscraper. Basement has two six/six sashes in plain reveals with continuous stone sill, plank door with blocked overlight in ashlar infilling under crossover, C20 and steps. One double and one single dormer with plate glass sashes. Weathered sill band to first floor and second floor; moulded eaves cornice and coped parapet. Rear elevation has plate glass and glazing bow sashes; one and a half storey ashlar extension off staircase and large single storey extension; one double and one single dormer with plate glass sashes.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Attached wrought iron railings and gate with cast urn tops and urn finial to left, missing to centre and right, on limestone bases; C19 trellis screen attached by door to left.
HISTORY: Developed in conjunction with Portland Place (qv) by John Hensley; Nos 12-15 Burlington Street, Nos 1-4 Portland Place and Nos 17-20 Portland Place on leasehold and demised to John Hensley 30 March 1782 for three lives by legatees of Morford's Estate and let out on building leases 25 March, 24 June and 31 October 1785; East side of Burlington Street and Portland Place on freehold land belonging to Hensley conveyed to Hensley and William Phillips by Duperee family 1 and 2 January 1772 and then by lease and release 23 and 24 June 1783 from Hensley, Phillips and their trustee to Daniel Tanner as trustee for Hensley alone.
SOURCES: W. Ison, The Georgian Buildings of Bath (1980), 161; Hensley Family Papers: BUNDLES 16 AND 47; T. Thorp, Plan of the Parish of Walcot ... Surveyed for - Gay Esq 1740: 44, 45.

Listing NGR: ST7474465565

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26896293

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