No. 26 with Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1950. House. 1 related planning application.
No. 26 with Railings
- WRENN ID
- sombre-sandstone-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- No. 26 with Railings, Great Stanhope Street
- OS grid reference
- ST 744 649
- Coordinates
- 51.38291, -2.36847
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 26 is a terrace house built around 1770, with some alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and has a slate roof. The house has a double depth plan and rises three storeys, with an attic and basement, appearing as a full four storeys at the rear due to the slope of the site.
The front features two windows, all of which are twelve-pane sash windows, including a paired sash dormer. To the left is a six-panel door set within a stone Doric doorcase that has three-quarter columns and a closed pediment. The building has a plinth, platband, cornice, blocking course, and parapet, which are also present at the rear and are slightly lower than the adjoining No. 25. The rear includes paired twelve-pane dormers above twelve-pane windows on the second and ground floors, but the ground floor window has been modified to a deep twelve-pane with reticulated balconettes. There is also a door leading to the basement.
The interior was inspected in 1985 and featured an original 18th-century marble fireplace with yellow-veined marble and elliptical arches on either side. There were Adam cornices and a fireplace on the ground floor, along with fine friezes. The basement contained a Georgian fireplace and a plain dresser, as well as a staircase with a Doric newel. However, by 1987, the fireplaces had been stolen or removed, and many features were lost.
In front of the house, there is a simple spearhead railing that returns at the ends, set on an ashlar curb with a curved top. The adjacent house to the left, which terminates the terrace and returns to Stanhope Place, is a 20th-century reconstruction.
Local climate
No. 26 with Railings 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 — 1 application
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