41 And 41A, Broad Street

BROAD STREET (East side) Nos.41 AND 41A

05/08/75

GV II

House, now shop. Early C18, possibly refronting of older asymmetrical house; shopfront mid C19 altered 1876 and C20. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar facade, rubble-stone right return, C20 slate roof forming a new attic storey, probably three storeys and attic originally. PLAN: Double depth. EXTERIOR: Two storeys with attic, four window front. Banded pilaster rises to moulded capital to former third storey on left party wall, indicating house formerly three storeys high, third storey was still in place in 1912. Slightly returned coped parapet; stopped cornices to first and ground floors and banded pilasters to quoins. Moulded architraves and sills, keystones reaching cornice and panelled aprons to first floor six/six pane sash windows. Bay to left of centre stepped slightly forward and flanked by fluted pilasters with moulded consoles supporting open pediment. Below tall opening with moulded arises flanked by Ionic pilasters with exaggerated entasis on tall plinths. C19 half-glazed shop door has tall overlight. To left cornice and fascia to projecting canted two pane shop window, to right cornice on moulded pilasters with elaborate consoles to fascia and four pane shop window. Both shop windows have semi-elliptical heads to two overlights to each pane. INTERIOR: Not inspected on this occasion but has good original fielded panelling in the first floor rooms, and part of a turned baluster staircase. HISTORY: This unusually treated elevation may be ascribed to William Killigrew, and is a significant example of the prevailing architectural fashions at the time of John Wood¿s arrival in Bath. The attic storey was added in 1973. SOURCES: The Bath Chronicle: Images of Bath (1994); G. Finch, Shopfront Record, Bath City Council (1992).

Listing NGR: ST7504465046