Upper Borough Walls, Bath Explained
| Upper Borough Walls |
| Coordinates: | 51.3825°N -2.3608°W |
| Location: | Bath, Somerset, England |
| Designation1: | Grade I Listed Building |
| Designation1 Offname: | Medieval city wall, with burial ground |
| Designation1 Date: | 12 June 1950 |
| Designation1 Number: | 1395446 |
| Designation2: | Grade II* Listed Building |
| Designation2 Offname: | Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and Royal Mineral Water Hospital, with railings |
| Designation2 Date: | 11 August 1972 |
| Designation2 Number: | 1395448 |
| Designation3: | Grade II Listed Building |
| Designation3 Offname: | 10, Upper Borough Walls |
| Designation3 Date: | 5 August 1975 |
| Designation3 Number: | 1395438 |
| Designation4: | Grade II Listed Building |
| Designation4 Offname: | 11 and 12, Upper Borough Walls |
| Designation4 Date: | 5 August 1975 |
| Designation4 Number: | 1395441 |
| Designation5: | Grade II Listed Building |
| Designation5 Offname: | Sam Wellers (14, Upper Borough Walls) |
| Designation5 Date: | 5 August 1975 |
| Designation5 Number: | 1395442| Embed: | yes | | Designation1: | Grade II Listed Building | | Designation1 Offname: | 1, Upper Borough Walls | | Designation1 Date: | 5 August 1975 | | Designation1 Number: | 1395435 | | Designation2: | Grade II Listed Building | | Designation2 Offname: | 2-6, Upper Borough Walls | | Designation2 Date: | 5 August 1975 | | Designation2 Number: | 1395429 | | Designation3: | Grade II Listed Building | | Designation3 Offname: | 26, Upper Borough Walls; 12, Union Street | | Designation3 Date: | 5 August 1975 | | Designation3 Number: | 1395437 | | Designation4: | Grade II Listed Building | | Designation4 Offname: | Broadleys Vaults Public House | | Designation4 Date: | 11 August 1972 | | Designation4 Number: | 1395444 | | Designation5: | Grade II Listed Building | | Designation5 Offname: | Gascoyne House | | Designation5 Date: | 11 August 1972 | | Designation5 Number: | 1395445| Embed: | yes | | Designation1: | Grade II Listed Building | | Designation1 Offname: | 18 and 18A, Upper Borough Walls | | Designation1 Date: | 5 August 1975 | | Designation1 Number: | 1395443 |
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Upper Borough Walls is a historic street in Bath, Somerset, England. Many of the structures are listed buildings.
It takes its name from the section of the medieval wall of the city which still remains.[1]
The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases was founded in 1738 as The Mineral Water Hospital, and is still known locally as The Min. Then, it provided care for the impoverished sick who were attracted to Bath because of the supposed healing properties of the mineral water from the spa. The original building was designed by John Wood the Elder and built with Bath stone donated by Ralph Allen. It was later enlarged, firstly in 1793 by the addition of an attic storey and later in 1860 by a second building erected on the west side of the earlier edifice. It is a Grade II listed building.[2] There is a fine pediment, in Bath stone, on the 1860 building depicting the parable of the good Samaritan.
Number 10 was built between 1800 and 1820,[3] when numbers 11 and 12 were built. Number 11 had a new shop front around 1900.[4] The Full Moon Hotel is slightly earlier having been built between 1780 and 1800.[5]
Numbers 18 and 18A, on the corner of Trim Street were built between 1730 and 1750.[6] Broadleys Vaults Public House and Gascoyne House also make up a listed building.[7]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Medieval Wall of City. https://web.archive.org/web/20121018033950/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=443855. dead. 2012-10-18. Images of England. English Heritage. 2009-09-03.
- Web site: Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases . Images of England . https://web.archive.org/web/20071117184203/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=443857 . dead . 2007-11-17 . 2006-06-24.
- Web site: Number 10. https://web.archive.org/web/20121025012719/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=447732. dead. 2012-10-25. Images of England. English Heritage. 2009-09-03.
- Web site: Numbers 11 and 12. https://web.archive.org/web/20121025012758/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=447733. dead. 2012-10-25. Images of England. English Heritage. 2009-09-03.
- Web site: Full Moon Hotel (Number 14). https://web.archive.org/web/20121025012853/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=447734. dead. 2012-10-25. Images of England. English Heritage. 2009-09-03.
- Web site: Numbes 18 and 18A. https://web.archive.org/web/20121025012935/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=447735. dead. 2012-10-25. Images of England. English Heritage. 2009-09-03.
- Web site: Broadleys Vaults Public House and Gascoyne House. https://web.archive.org/web/20121025013003/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=443856. dead. 2012-10-25. Images of England. English Heritage. 2009-09-03.
