The Paragon, Bath
Grade I listed street in Bath, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Paragon in the Walcot area of Bath, Somerset, England is a street of Georgian houses which have been designated as listed buildings. It was designed by Thomas Warr Attwood.[5] It now forms part of the A4.
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The Paragon | |
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Location | Bath, Somerset, England |
Coordinates | 51°23′12″N 2°21′36″W |
Built | 1768 |
Architect | Thomas Warr Attwood |
Architectural style(s) | Georgian |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | 1 to 21, Paragon |
Designated | 12 June 1950[1] |
Reference no. | 1394239 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Axford's Buildings |
Designated | 12 June 1950[2] |
Reference no. | 1394242 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Walcot Church House |
Designated | 11 August 1972[3] |
Reference no. | 1394243 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Walcot Cemetery gate and wall |
Designated | 12 June 1950[4] |
Reference no. | 1394247 |
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Numbers 1 to 21 are 3 storey houses with mansard roofs. Each building has matching doors and windows with central pediments and flat entablatures either side of the 1st floor windows and Tuscan pilasters and pediments to the doorways.[1]
Numbers 22 to 37 continue the theme from numbers 1 to 21 and were completed in 1775 by Joseph Axford, a local mason. Numbers 28 to 32 were damaged by bombing during World War II but have since been restored.[2]