Kelso Villa (Former Superintendent's House of the Bath Gas Works is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 2004. House. 3 related planning applications.
Kelso Villa (Former Superintendent's House of the Bath Gas Works
- WRENN ID
- high-vault-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 2004
- Type
- House
- Address
- Kelso Villa (Former Superintendent's House of the Bath Gas Works, Upper Bristol Road, BA1 3AU
- OS grid reference
- ST 737 652
- Coordinates
- 51.38538, -2.37914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kelso Villa, formerly the Superintendent's House of the Bath Gas Works, is a house built between 1858 and 1859 by Manners and Gill. It is now used as offices. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar and features a Welsh slate roof. It has a T-shaped plan with a short wing extending to the right.
The exterior consists of three storeys and a basement, with two windows facing the street. The corners are rusticated, while the rest of the façade is smooth ashlar. The ground floor has arched windows set in arched and keyed recesses. The first floor features segmentally headed windows with eared architraves, and the second floor has a single window matching the others. The entrance is located in the right wing and consists of an arched six-panel door. The left return wall has a blind with two large stacks and a corbel table at the eaves. The rear elevation is gabled and has the same window treatment as the front.
The interior has not been inspected. Historically, the Bath Directory for 1858 mentions T Gill as the Chairman of Directors of the Gas Company, which may indicate a connection to the architect. This building is notably impressive for its type, reflecting the increasing prestige of utility companies and their aim to convey an image of solid respectability. It also has significant group value with the adjacent former offices of the Gas Company.
Local climate
Kelso Villa (Former Superintendent's House of the Bath Gas Works 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 — 6 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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