1 And 2, Woodhill Place is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. Villa. 6 related planning applications.

1 And 2, Woodhill Place

WRENN ID
long-pediment-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
5 August 1975
Type
Villa
Source
Historic England listing

Description

The building comprises a pair of semi-detached villas, dating from around 1830, in an Early 19th century style. They are constructed of limestone ashlar with a slate roof. The villas are set well back from the road and feature a symmetrical design with a recessed central section and a first-floor verandah. Entry is via the ends of the building. Originally designed with a hollow U-shaped plan and a low-pitched hipped roof, the rear courtyard has been filled in with a slightly later hipped structure, creating an overall rectangular block.

The front elevation is two storeys, with a three-storey rear. Each front has three bays, with projecting porches and blind side bays. Most windows are sashes. No. 1 features a twelve-pane sash window over a canted plain sash bay with balustrade, and a pair of glazed French doors with a transom light on the ground floor. A nine-pane sash window with a fanlight is set within a rectangular opening, likely the original doorway, flanked by blind lights. A projecting porch has a panelled door and a four-pane transom light, flanked by windows. No. 2 has a twelve-pane and a six-pane window set above a twelve-pane and a fifteen-pane window. A ground floor window to the right has a sunk panel with a high-relief carving of a 'sunburst' with a central head. The return to the right includes a twelve-pane sash between blank lights, with a projecting porch having a pair of panelled doors flanked by windows in sunk surrounds, and flat pilasters flanking the central bay. The recessed central section of the front features plain piers and flat segmental heads, with narrow slit openings at each end, and below four unfluted Doric columns, with narrow end bays. Deep bracketed eaves cornice projects above a plain frieze band, which is repeated at the ends and original rear wings. Two deep ashlar eaves stacks are at either end, with a further central stack to the rear infill. The rear elevation incorporates nine and twelve-pane sashes, with French doors in No. 1.

The interior remains uninspected. The buildings represent a good example of progressive suburban housing from the late Georgian period, incorporating elements of Greek Revival and Italianate architecture to update villa design. The young Henry Goodridge may have been involved in their design.

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