Sion Hill Place, Bath
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Sion Hill Place in the Lansdown area of Bath, Somerset
, England was designed by John Pinch the elder and built between 1818 and 1820.
Summerhill and numbers 1 to 9 have been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The Georgian
terrace of numbers 1 to 9 is made up of 4 storey houses which is symmetrical from which the centre house, number 5, stands forward and has a pediment
. The ground floor of all houses is rusticated
. The houses at either end have curved segmental bows for their entire height. Numbers 1 to 4were built by William Cowell Hayes a local painter, while Daniel Aust, from Walcot
, built number 5 and possibly the others.
Summerhill House, which is attached to the west end of the terrace, came from Chippenham
and was demolished and transported stone by stone.
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England was designed by John Pinch the elder and built between 1818 and 1820.
Summerhill and numbers 1 to 9 have been designated as a Grade I listed building.
The Georgian
Georgian architecture
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United...
terrace of numbers 1 to 9 is made up of 4 storey houses which is symmetrical from which the centre house, number 5, stands forward and has a pediment
Pediment
A pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of the triangular section found above the horizontal structure , typically supported by columns. The gable end of the pediment is surrounded by the cornice moulding...
. The ground floor of all houses is rusticated
Rustication (architecture)
thumb|upright|Two different styles of rustication in the [[Palazzo Medici-Riccardi]] in [[Florence]].In classical architecture rustication is an architectural feature that contrasts in texture with the smoothly finished, squared block masonry surfaces called ashlar...
. The houses at either end have curved segmental bows for their entire height. Numbers 1 to 4were built by William Cowell Hayes a local painter, while Daniel Aust, from Walcot
Walcot, Bath
Walcot is a suburb of the city of Bath, England. It lies to the north-north-east of the city centre, and is an electoral ward of the city.The parish church, on The Paragon is dedicated to St Swithin and was built in 1779-90 by John Palmer....
, built number 5 and possibly the others.
Summerhill House, which is attached to the west end of the terrace, came from Chippenham
Chippenham
Chippenham may be:* Chippenham, Wiltshire* Chippenham * Chippenham, Cambridgeshire-See also:* Virginia State Route 150, also known as Chippenham Parkway, USA* Cippenham, Berkshire, UK...
and was demolished and transported stone by stone.