The Porter Butt Public 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. A 18th century Public house. 10 related planning applications.
The Porter Butt Public House
- WRENN ID
- lesser-porch-grain
- 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
- Public house
- Address
- The Porter Butt Public House, York Place, BA1 6AE
- OS grid reference
- ST 755 659
- Coordinates
- 51.39173, -2.35234
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Porter Butt Public House is a public house located at York Place, dating from around 1800, with later extensions made after 1830. It is constructed of painted limestone ashlar and features a hipped slate roof on the right side of the front range, which has tall moulded stacks on the returns. The building has a three-unit plan with a long rear range that includes a first-floor assembly room and a small half courtyard behind the front range.
The exterior is two storeys high with a cellar and has a symmetrical three-window front range. It is topped with a coped parapet that has ball finials over the quoins and rises to a point above the central window, which is adorned with a carved stone barrel finial. There is a cornice, a ground floor platband, and a plinth. The late 19th-century plate glass sash windows on the ground floor have chamfered arrises. The entrance features a six-panel door that is now on a sliding rail.
Inside, some joinery, including casements and shutters, remains in place, as does the staircase at the rear, although the interior has been altered. A large stone fireplace with a range is located at the rear and has also been modified. The Porter Butt public house is first mentioned in the Bath Directory in 1800, and the term "porter" refers to a popular, richly malted type of Georgian beer.
Local climate
The Porter Butt Public 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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