Description

SYDNEY BUILDINGS
656-1/42/1621 (West side)
Nos.21 AND 22
05/08/75

GV II

Two houses, formerly one, on sloping canal side site. C.1820 with late C19 lean-to left wing with C20 alterations.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, double pitched double Roman tile roof with moulded stacks to coped gable ends.
PLAN: Double depth square plan, with later accretions.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys and lower ground floor, originally two-window range. Coped parapets to front and rear, cornice, simpler to returns, encircles building, first and ground floor platbands, to front three/three-pane sash windows to second floor, six/six-pane sashes to first floor and plate glass sashes to rest. Courtyard to front roofed between house and rubblestone street wall approx 4m high that slopes down to left, following roofline of single storey lean-to wing. Behind it against left return late C19 two storey lean-to wing with tall stack meeting height of those to house. Left hand part of house now No.21. To right return C20 two storey porch with six/six-pane sash to first floor over C20 door. Rear similar with plate glass sash windows.
INTERIORS: Not inspected. No.21 recorded by Bath Preservation Trust Interiors Survey, reports cantilevered stone staircase of four flights with wood (and some iron) railings to mahogany hand-rail; three rooms per floor; plaster acanthus leaf cornices with reeding to several rooms. One of the larger late Georgian houses on this part of the Bathwick estate, it has been engulfed by later additions, which reflect the importance of the canal and associated activities.

Listing NGR: ST7582664739

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674245

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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