York Villa And Attached Area Railings

YORK PLACE 656-1/32/2502 (South side) York Villa and attached area railings

(Formerly Listed as: LONDON ROAD (South side) York Villa, York Place) 12/06/50

GV II

Large house at right angle to London Road facing east. Mid/late C18. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar and coursed rubblestone, hipped slate roof with two dormers and moulded stacks to left and rear. PLAN: Double depth plan with large rear ballroom wing and stable range to left. EXTERIOR: Two storeys with attics and lower ground floor, symmetrical five window front range. coped parapet, modillion cornice, frieze and ground floor platband. C19 plate glass sash windows, C20 windows to basement. Good slightly projecting stone doorcase with dentil cornice and Corinthian quarter columns with garlands. Set back eight panel door and overlight with oval pane to centre and curved radial glazing bars. To left, projecting two storey block, probably former coach house, has blocking course, cornice and frieze over recessed rectangular panel and wide blocked semi-elliptical carriage arch with impost platband. Set under arch is further recessed square possibly to former double doors. To far left single storey rubblestone block. INTERIOR: Not inspected but known formerly to have carved wooden shutters, enriched entablature, coved and flat ceiling and fine decorative plasterwork in the ballroom. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Ground floor raised and wide flight of curved steps leads to door, Greek `bamboo' cast iron area railings also flank steps. A large, edge-of-town house and probably among the earlier buildings along this stretch of London Road. The masonry front of the stable is a good example of the crispness and subtlety later Georgian masons were capable of. SOURCES: Bath Archaeological Trust/RCHM England, Georgian Bath Historical Map (1989).

Listing NGR: ST7560765927