No. 1 and Attached Railings and Vaults is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1950. House. 1 related planning application.

No. 1 and Attached Railings and Vaults

WRENN ID
idle-rotunda-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 June 1950
Type
House
Address
No. 1 and Attached Railings and Vaults, Camden Crescent, BA1 5HY
OS grid reference
ST 749 656
Coordinates
51.38925, -2.36169
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 1 Camden Crescent is a house, now converted into flats, dating to circa 1788, with alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries, designed by John Eveleigh. It is constructed of limestone ashlar to the two main elevations, with ashlar and rubble to the left side. The building has a double-pile, parapeted mansard roof covered with Welsh and artificial slate. A large stack rises from the entrance front, and two further stacks are located at the rear on the party wall with No. 2 Camden Crescent.

The house occupies a prominent position at the left end of the left wing of Camden Crescent. Originally, the elevation facing Camden Crescent was likely the primary entrance front, but it now has an entrance front to its left side, featuring a full-height bow. The interior layout includes a staircase at the rear, adjacent to the present main door.

The left-hand entrance front is three storeys high, with an attic and basement due to the sloping ground. The first floor has a six/six sash window with a wrought iron balconette to the left, and to the right, three similar sashes with splayed jambs. The sill of the central sash has been cut down, with low doors inserted to provide access to a full-width wrought iron balcony with a timber deck supported on iron. The second floor mirrors the first with similar windows and wrought iron balconettes. The ground floor features a six/six sash with a wrought iron balconette to the left, and three similar sashes to the right, all with stone sills. A single-storey, lean-to ashlar porch with a six-panel door and a pedimented Doric doorcase is recessed on the left. The basement has six/six sashes with stone sills to the left and centre, and a blocked doorway to the right. Two double and one single dormer windows feature plate glass sashes.

The elevation facing Camden Crescent retains two six/six sashes in splayed reveals to the first floor and three sashes to the basement. Other windows are plate glass, horned sashes, including two singles, and a triple dormer, with one window blind. Architectural elements are consistent with the entrance front. Disturbance of masonry and the presence of former pediments over the ground floor centre left and centre right windows suggest these were originally entrances. The left-hand elevation shows six/six and plate glass, horned sashes, a quadruple dormer, and a 20th-century rooflight.

The interior was not inspected during the listing process, but it is noted to contain a cantilevered stone staircase with a moulded soffit. The basement, inspected in 1979, contains a fine cast iron hob grate in the front room and an original kitchen dresser in the rear room, with three drawers and shelves, and a moulded pelmet. The building has attached wrought iron railings.

Local climate

No. 1 and Attached Railings and Vaults 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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