Description

CATHARINE PLACE
(East side)

No.4 and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
CATHARINE PLACE
Nos.1-19 (Consec))
12/06/50

GV II

House. c1777-1784 with C19 and C20 alterations. By John Wood the Younger.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar to front, ashlar and rubble to rear. Double pile parapeted mansard roof raised to accommodate further rooms in roof, Welsh slate to front and rear, coped gable wall with two ashlar stacks with some early clay pots to right.
PLAN: Staircase to rear.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys, attic and basement with further rooms added in roof, three-window range. First floor has three six/six horned sashes in splayed ovolo moulded architraves with friezes and moulded cornices and lowered moulded stone sills on console brackets. Second floor has three six/six horned sashes in splayed ovolo moulded architraves with stone sills. Ground floor has two six/six horned sashes in splayed reveals with stone sills to right, to left six-panel door with flush moulded, fielded and single glazed panel in stone doorcase with cyma moulded architrave and moulded cornice on console brackets forming hood, pennant paved crossover flush with pavement. Basement has two six/six sashes in plain reveals with stone sills with C20 guards, C20 door in ashlar infilling under crossover, no area steps. One double dormer with six/six sashes in moulded architraves. Band course over ground floor; modillion eaves cornice and coped parapet. Lead downpipe to left shared with No.5 Catharine Place (qv). Rear elevation has glazing bar sashes, cantilevered lavatory extension, rendered with small two/two sash on console brackets with roundel decoration. C20 conservatory to ground floor; double dormer with six/six sashes.
INTERIOR: Recorded by Bath Preservation Trust in 1989. Most of the original mouldings and frieze decoration remain intact on the ground floor, and two panelled cupboards in front room are thought to be sword cupboards. Connecting two-leaf double doors between front and back rooms on first floor with large brass hinges. Basement and upper floors remodelled in 1970¿s.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Attached wrought iron railings and gate with shaped heads on limestone bases.

Listing NGR: ST7467065433

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q66480478

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)