Twerton Villa, with Front Boundary Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. Detached villa. 2 related planning applications.
Twerton Villa, with Front Boundary Walls
- WRENN ID
- carved-rubblework-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1975
- Type
- Detached villa
- Address
- Twerton Villa, with Front Boundary Walls, Lower Bristol Road, BA2 3FX
- OS grid reference
- ST 728 646
- Coordinates
- 51.38062, -2.39098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Twerton Villa is a detached villa, now used as offices, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and coursed squared limestone, topped with a slate roof. The building has a plain symmetrical design with a lean-to at the rear.
The exterior features two storeys and three windows, all of which are sash windows. The first-floor windows are twelve-pane, while the ground floor has tripartite windows arranged in a four:twelve:four-pane configuration. All windows have tooled sills, and the ground floor windows are adorned with square block cornices on console brackets. The entrance door is flush panelled and includes a transom light. Additional architectural details include a chamfered plinth, a frieze band, a cornice, a blocking course, and a parapet. The villa has lofty two-stage ashlar stacks at the coped gables.
On the left side of the building, there are twelve-pane sashes on the first floor and a smaller window below, along with a blocked opening and another stack. Inside, the ground floor windows retain their original shutters.
The villa is complemented by boundary walls that feature high walls with plain weathered coping extending from each end of the main front. These walls return at each end to a steeply swept drop to an ashlar dwarf wall, which is slightly set back and was formerly fitted with railings. There is a central opening leading to four sandstone steps. The design and details of Twerton Villa are very similar to those of the adjacent Albert Villa, indicating they were likely developed by the same builder.
Local climate
Twerton Villa, with Front Boundary Walls receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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