Lansdown House is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. House. 1 related planning application.

Lansdown House

WRENN ID
sheer-lime-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1975
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Lansdown House dates from before 1706, and was remodelled around 1830 and in the late 19th century, with 20th-century additions. It is attached to the left of Vine House. The house is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, rendered to the third floor, with freestone dressings. The front has a slate roof, while the rear has double Roman clay tiles. The building plan features a three-unit through passage, a two-storey late 19th-century wing to the right, rear additions, and a stable wing to the rear right.

The external appearance is of a symmetrical four-storey and cellar building with a three-window front. A returned coped parapet, cornice, frieze, and first-floor sill course continue those of Vine House. It has plate glass sash windows, and a first-floor French window in the centre, which mimics an earlier design from around 1739 at No.30 Church Street. The ground floor features an ashlar projection with tripartite windows either side of half-glazed double hardwood doors, which include elaborate diagonal glazing bars and margin lights. Above this projection is a cast iron balcony with a 20th-century swept canopy. The late 19th-century two-storey east wing has rusticated quoins and a full-height canted bay with a pierced stone parapet, cornice and sunblind hoods to the first floor. The rear has 19th-century windows and a cobbled stable yard.

Inside, a circa 1830 closed-string staircase, with an open well, has a mahogany handrail and late 19th-century turned balusters. A room on the ground floor right has an early 19th-century cornice and a white marble fireplace flanked by segmental arched recesses. The hall features a polychromatic tile floor and a full set of servants' bells.

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