Trim Street, Bath
| Trim Street | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | Bath, Somerset, England |
| Built | 18th century |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | General Wolfe's House (Number 5) |
| Designated | 12 June 1950[1] |
| Reference no. | 443809 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Number 10 |
| Designated | 11 August 1972[2] |
| Reference no. | 443849 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Number 11 to 14[3] |
| Designated | 11 August 1972 |
| Reference no. | 443850 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Number 15 to 17 |
| Designated | 11 August 1972[4] |
| Reference no. | 443851 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Numbers 6 and 7 |
| Designated | 12 June 1950[5] |
| Reference no. | 443846 |
  Location of Trim Street in Somerset | |
Trim Street in Bath, Somerset, England is a historic street, built in 1707, of shops and houses, many of which are listed buildings. It was named after George Trim who owned the land.[6]
Number 5, which is also known as General Wolfe's house, is a 2-storey building with a parapet and rusticated quoins, built by Thomas Greenway. The doorway has Ionic pilasters and a tympanum decorated with the implements of war. General James Wolfe was staying in the house when William Pitt, the elder commanded him to lead an expedition to Quebec.[1][7][8]
Numbers 6 and 7 are 3-storey houses with a mansard roof,[5] as does number 8[9] and 9.[10]
Number 10 dates from the late 18th century. It has 3 storeys plus an attic and mansard roof. The doorway has Doric columns and a pediment.[2]
Numbers 11 to 13 form a block of 3- and 4-storey buildings now used as shops,[3] while the 4 storey block at number 15 to 17 is still residential.[4] Number 14 and number 9 are 3 storey residential buildings.
The Unitarian Church was built in 1795 by John Palmer. The apse was the added and interior altered in 1860.[11] In 1809 the antiquarian Joseph Hunter, took up the post of Minister at the Chapel,[12] there he met and married Mary Hayward,[13] with whom he would have six children.[14]
See also
References
- ^ a b "General Wolfe's House". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ a b "Number 10". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ a b "Numbers 11 to 14". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ a b "Numbers 15 to 17". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ a b "Numbers 6 and 7". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ Haddon, John (1982). Portrait of Bath. London: Robert Hale. p. 61. ISBN 0-7091-9883-3.
- ^ "General Wolfes house, Trim Street, Bath". Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ Greenwood, Charles (1977). Famous houses of the West Country. Bath: Kingsmead Press. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-0-901571-87-8.
- ^ "Number 8". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ "Number 9". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ "Unitarian Church". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ Odom, William (1926). "Hunter, Joseph, F.S.A.". Hallamshire Worthies. Sheffield: Northend. pp. 12–14.
- ^ Hunter, Sylvester Joseph (1861). A brief memoir of the late Joseph Hunter, with a catalogue of his publications. John Edward Taylor.
- ^ Manning, John Edmondson (1900). A History of Upper Chapel, Sheffield. Sheffield: The Independent Press. pp. 86–92. OCLC 19012007.