11 and 12, Upper Borough Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. Shops. 1 related planning application.
11 and 12, Upper Borough Walls
- WRENN ID
- floating-transept-crag
- 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
- Shops
- Address
- 11 and 12, Upper Borough Walls, BA1 1RH
- OS grid reference
- ST 750 649
- Coordinates
- 51.38274, -2.36039
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 11 and 12 Upper Borough Walls are shops with accommodation above, built around 1825, with 20th-century additions. The buildings are constructed of limestone ashlar, and their roofs are not visible from the street. The plan features a single depth with splayed corners.
The exterior showcases Greek Revival elements and consists of three storeys. No. 11 has a three-window front, while No. 12 has four windows; all windows are six-over-six sashes set in architrave surrounds, with cornices on consoles at the first floor. The top floor of No. 12 features plain late 19th-century plate glass sashes. Both buildings have a frieze, a crowning cornice, and stone stacks with pots. No. 11 boasts a notable 1919 shopfront designed by City Architect A.J. Taylor, which included a reduction in size of the corner's first-floor window, replaced with a near-square opening featuring Roman-inspired glazing. No. 12 has a late 20th-century shopfront in a 'Victorian' style.
The interiors have not been inspected, but the shops have been modernised. Historically, the Council approved the creation of New Bond Street Place on July 26, 1824, which extended the line of the Saxon Union Passage through and beyond the City wall.
Local climate
11 and 12, Upper Borough Walls 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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