19, Union Passage

UNION PASSAGE 656-1/1/1710 (East side) No.19 05/08/75

GV II

Shop with accommodation over. c1806 with mid C19 addition. Building probably supervised by City Architect, John Palmer, but to earlier (c1791) elevations by Thomas Baldwin. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar with Welsh slate roof. PLAN: Corner site matching Nos 11 and 12 Northumberland Place (qv) opposite. L-shaped plan with elevations to both Union Passage and Northumberland Place. EXTERIOR: Three storeys with attic. Splayed corner. Two windows to Union Passage, glazing-bar sashes, six/six, in plain reveals. Altered mid C19 shop with pilastered doorway. Narrow chamfered revealed window to splayed corner first floor, four/four sashes. Three window return to Northumberland Place, coupled by corner, chamfered reveals, glazing bars, six/six sashes, left hand second floor window of pair blind. two-storey part, No.8 Northumberland Place, formerly separate property, listed as part of Nos 5-8 Northumberland Place (qv). Lintel, moulded cornice and parapet, mansard roof with two flat topped dormers to Northumberland Place, plain, and one to Union Passage. INTERIOR: Not inspected. HISTORY: Union Passage was undertaken as a part of the scheme of improvement for the City centre following the Bath Improvement Act of 1789. It is a street line known to survive from the Saxon period, previously Cox Lane, it is shown on Smith's map of 1588. Northumberland Place was built on the site of a medieval close, Marchant's Court, which is clearly shown on Gilmore's Map of 1694.

Listing NGR: ST7503764864