Type of building:
Mid mixed terrace
Listing:
Grade ll
Plan and elevation:
Single pile, single unit. Three-storey. Plus two single storey south extensions.
Summary of the probable main building history:
Late 18th or early 19th Century. Extended in the early 20th Century. Extended
again in the late 20th Century.
North elevation
Exterior:
North elevation fronting onto the street. One of a terrace of six houses; the
whole terrace itself being the eastern part of a longer mixed terrace. Ashlar
construction. One six-over-six sash window on the ground floor, another similar
on the first floor but the second floor window eight-over eight. All with thin
glazing bars and all appear original. There is an applied hood supported on wooden
brackets over the principal entry to the left. The pitched roof is slated with
a rebuilt ashlar stack. The south (rear) elevation is constructed of rubble stone,
whereas the property’s neighbours, of about the same period, are ashlar
constructed, although ashlar blocks surround the windows, which are single-light
wood casements (one on each of the first and second floors). One stone walling
block at first floor level is scratch dated 18(35?) which is the possible date
of walling repairs or partial rebuilding. The ground floor façade is obscured
by a single-storey lean-to extension under a tiled cat-slide roof to which has
subsequently been added another single-storey extension of reconstituted stone
under a flat roof.
Interior:
Entry into the original single ground room was at one time direct from the street
but partitioning was subsequently inserted to create a small entrance lobby. Also
a Regency style reproduction metal fireplace has been inserted which appears to
replace a former larger fire opening. An inserted door opening in the former exterior
north wall (0.50m thick) gives access to the two extensions. There is wide-boarded
tongue and groove panelling alongside the stairs and rising with the stairs from
the ground to the first floor. Formerly, there was one room on the first floor
which has now been divided. The roof consists of simple common rafters without
purlins or collars but with an apparently inserted ridge piece. The rafters are
substantial, waney edge, square in section with signs of earlier warping, some
empty mortices and nail holes – altogether the roof timbers appear much
older than the date suggested by the house as a whole so may then be re-used materials
from an earlier building either on the site or from elsewhere. According to information
from the owners, the west wall of the first extension at one time possessed a
window overlooking the former communal passage running from the street to the
rear of the terrace and thus providing access to the rear service areas for the
residents of the terrace. This passage is now incorporated into the curtilage
of the western neighbouring property.
Date & development:
A suggested date for original construction is the turn of the 18th into the 19th
Century. Then the house was of three rooms spread over three floors, with all
the rooms of a good height, and (together with its five companion properties in
the terrace) was probably intended to be an artisan’s residence. The first
of the extensions is not shown on either the 1840 Batheaston Tithe Map or the
first edition of the 25” OS map of 1888 and is likely to be of early 20th
Century construction, presumably to provide a separate kitchen area. The second
extension of reconstituted stone was built about 1980-85.
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