1 and 2 Down House is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. House.
1 and 2 Down House
- WRENN ID
- secret-forge-saffron
- 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
- House
- Address
- 1 and 2 Down House, Upper Bristol Road, BA1 3AP
- OS grid reference
- ST 739 651
- Coordinates
- 51.38492, -2.37528
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 1 and 2 Down House is a pair of houses, originally built as one, around 1820. They are constructed from limestone ashlar and feature a roof that is concealed behind a parapet, with large gable end stacks on the side parapets.
The building has a symmetrical three-bay front that rises three storeys high, with giant corner pilasters, a cornice, a parapet, and a string course at the level of the first-floor window cills. The ground and first floors have twelve-pane sash windows, while the second floor features nine-pane sash windows. At the centre of the first floor, there is a tall eighteen-pane stair window above the central doorway, flanked by a small window to the right. There is also a secondary entrance to the left.
The interior has not been inspected. On either side of the door openings, there are a pair of Bath stone shallow vases adorned with mask ornament.
The design of the elevation is reminiscent of the work of John Pinch, who was active on the Bathwick Estate around the same time. The house has been subdivided for a considerable period, as indicated by the dwarf wall leading up to the inserted door openings, which appears to date from the late Victorian era.
Local climate
1 and 2 Down House 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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