Bellott's is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1972. Almshouses. 2 related planning applications.
Bellott's
- WRENN ID
- south-slate-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1972
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Bellott's, Beau Street, BA1 1QY
- OS grid reference
- ST 750 646
- Coordinates
- 51.38028, -2.3605
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bellott's, formerly known as Bellott's Hospital, is a pair of almshouses located on Beau Street. Founded in 1608, the current building was constructed in 1859 by architects Cotterell and Spackman. The structure is made of coursed squared limestone with a Welsh slate roof and features a half H-plan layout, with wings extending from the street elevation.
The building stands two storeys high and has four windows. It has a rusticated plinth and the central portion slightly projects, featuring a doorway with a plain reveal, a panelled door, and a rectangular light above it. An inscribed stone above the door reads "BELLOTTS." The ground floor has plain windows with relieving arches made of alternating blocks of limestone and pennant stone. All windows are six over six sashes with sills supported by consoles. Above the door, there is a coat-of-arms set in an arched recess, accompanied by an inscription panel that notes the founding date of 1608 and the rebuilding date of 1859. This coat-of-arms and the inscription commemorating Tobias Rustat's gift of the land in 1672 are reused from the previous building. A continuous sill band runs along the first floor, and the eaves cornice is supported by corbels. The hipped roof has a shallow pitch and features tall ashlar stacks. The return elevation facing Bilbury Lane has six over six sashes on each floor, along with a roundel with a raised surround, and additional six over six sashes on the end elevations of the wings.
The interior has not been inspected. Historically, the original foundation was established by Thomas Bellott around 1608 to provide housing for "poor diseased persons not infected with any contagious disease" in the City of Bath. By the mid-19th century, the building was in a state of picturesque decay and was overshadowed by the nearby Royal United Hospital, which opened in 1826. As a result, it was rebuilt in 1859 with a design that was described as "less ornamental than useful" in 1875.
Local climate
Bellott's 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 — 2 applications
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- 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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