Description

UNION PASSAGE
656-1/41/1710 (East side)

Nos.20-24 (Consec)

(Formerly Listed as:
UNION PASSAGE (East side)
Nos.20-25 (Consec))
05/08/75

GV II

Shops with accommodation over. c1806, altered C20. Building probably supervised by City Architect, John Palmer, but to earlier elevations (c1791) by Thomas Baldwin.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs, mostly hidden from the street.
PLAN: Single depth plan.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys and attics. Ten windows to whole, all six/six sashes in plain reveals. Slight and uneven stepping down street gives differing window levels. Modern shopfronts, plain 1930s one to Nos 22-24. Cornice, parapet, mansard roof with number of flat topped dormers, not all can be seen from street.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
HISTORY: Undertaken as part of the scheme of improvement for the City centre following the Bath Improvement Act of 1789. Union Passage is a street line known to survive from the Saxon period; previously Cox Lane, it is shown on Smith's Map of 1588.

Listing NGR: ST7503764833

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674410

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability