Argyle Street, Bath

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Argyle Street, Bath

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View of Argyle Street, Bath looking east from Pulteney Bridge
Location Bathwick, Bath, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°23′0″N2°21′26″W / 51.38333°N 2.35722°W / 51.38333; -2.35722 Coordinates: 51°23′0″N2°21′26″W / 51.38333°N 2.35722°W / 51.38333; -2.35722
Built circa 1789
Architect Thomas Baldwin
Architectural style(s) Georgian, with some later shopfronts
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name: Numbers 1 to 5
Designated 11 August 1972 [1]
Reference no. 1394146
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name: Number 6
Designated 12 June 1950 [2]
Reference no. 1394147
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name: Argyle Congregational Chapel
Designated 12 June 1950 [3]
Reference no. 1394150
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name: Number 7
Designated 12 June 1950 [4]
Reference no. 1394148
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name: Numbers 8 to 17
Designated 12 June 1950 [5]
Reference no. 1394149
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Location of Argyle Street, Bath in Somerset

Argyle Street (formerly Argyle Buildings) is a historic street in the centre of Bath, England located between Pulteney Bridge and Laura Place.

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History

As part of the Bathwick Estate, Argyle Street was designed by Thomas Baldwin for Sir William Pulteney. Construction of the street was completed around 1789. The buildings were intended to serve as residential townhouses like those immediately adjacent in Laura Place. However, over several decades shopfronts were added to form an extension to the shopping parade on Pulteney Bridge. As a result the street now has a fine selection of shopfronts with designs from several different architectural periods. [6] Particularly noteworthy are the late Georgian shopfronts to numbers 8, 9, and 16, [7] and Victorian shopfronts to numbers 6, 7, and 12.

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References

  1. Historic England. "Numbers 1 - 5 (1394146)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. Historic England. "Number 6 (1394147)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. Historic England. "Argyle Congregational Chapel (1394150)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. Historic England. "Number 7 (1394148)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  5. "Numbers 8 - 17". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  6. Ison, Walter (1948). The Georgian Buildings of Bath. Bath: Pitman Press. p. 164. ISBN   1904965008.
  7. Bath Shopfronts. Devenish & Co. Ltd. 1993. p. 11. ISBN   0-901303-29-1.
  8. "About Us". Bath Central United Reformed Church. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.