25, Union Passage

UNION PASSAGE 656-1/41/1711 (East side) No.25

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

GV II

Shop with accommodation over. c1806. Building probably supervised by City Architect, John Palmer, but to earlier (c1791) elevations by Thomas Baldwin. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, painted on first floor, with Welsh slate roof, largely hidden from street. PLAN: Single depth plan. EXTERIOR: Three storeys and attic, one window. Early C19 canted shopfront three X three with door to left. Windows above six/six sashes in plain reveals. Cornice, parapet, mansard roof. INTERIOR: Not inspected. HISTORY: This house appears to be a separate build from Nos 20-24 (qv), (and thus has been listed separately), but this may be explained by the building line being stepped down because of the falling ground, and of No.25 being visually isolated by the C20 redevelopment of Nos 26-28 adjoining. Undertaken as a 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: ST7504464821