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19, Union Passage

A Grade II Listed Building in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3823 / 51°22'56"N

Longitude: -2.3601 / 2°21'36"W

OS Eastings: 375037

OS Northings: 164864

OS Grid: ST750648

Mapcode National: GBR 0QH.B3S

Mapcode Global: VH96M.1JP6

Plus Code: 9C3V9JJQ+WX

Entry Name: 19, Union Passage

Listing Date: 5 August 1975

Last Amended: 15 October 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1395417

English Heritage Legacy ID: 510823

ID on this website: 101395417

Location: Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA1

County: Bath and North East Somerset

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bath

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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Description


UNION PASSAGE
656-1/1/1710 (East side)
No.19
05/08/75

GV II

Shop with accommodation over. c1806 with mid C19 addition. Building probably supervised by City Architect, John Palmer, but to earlier (c1791) elevations by Thomas Baldwin.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar with Welsh slate roof.
PLAN: Corner site matching Nos 11 and 12 Northumberland Place (qv) opposite. L-shaped plan with elevations to both Union Passage and Northumberland Place.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys with attic. Splayed corner. Two windows to Union Passage, glazing-bar sashes, six/six, in plain reveals. Altered mid C19 shop with pilastered doorway. Narrow chamfered revealed window to splayed corner first floor, four/four sashes. Three window return to Northumberland Place, coupled by corner, chamfered reveals, glazing bars, six/six sashes, left hand second floor window of pair blind. two-storey part, No.8 Northumberland Place, formerly separate property, listed as part of Nos 5-8 Northumberland Place (qv). Lintel, moulded cornice and parapet, mansard roof with two flat topped dormers to Northumberland Place, plain, and one to Union Passage.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
HISTORY: Union Passage was undertaken as a part of the scheme of improvement for the City centre following the Bath Improvement Act of 1789. It is a street line known to survive from the Saxon period, previously Cox Lane, it is shown on Smith's map of 1588. Northumberland Place was built on the site of a medieval close, Marchant's Court, which is clearly shown on Gilmore's Map of 1694.

Listing NGR: ST7503764864

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