Sion Hill Place, Bath
| Sion Hill Place | |
|---|---|
Sion Hill Place with Summerhill at the near end | |
| Location | Bath, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 51°23′41″N 2°22′21″W / 51.39472°N 2.37250°W |
| Built | 1818–1820 |
| Architect | John Pinch the elder[1] |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Summerhill and Numbers 1 to 9 |
| Designated | 12 June 1950[2] |
| Reference no. | 1394974 |
Location of Sion Hill Place in Somerset | |
Sion Hill Place in the Lansdown area of Bath, Somerset, England was designed by John Pinch the elder[1] and built between 1818 and 1820. Suspension bridge builder and brewer James Dredge, Sr. lived here in the mid-19th century.
Summerhill and numbers 1 to 9 have been designated as a Grade I listed building.[2]
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.[2] Numbers 1 to 4 were built by William Cowell Hayes a local painter, while Daniel Aust, from Walcot, built number 5 and possibly the others.[3]
Summerhill House, which is attached to the west end of the terrace, came from Chippenham and was demolished and transported stone by stone.[2]
Famous residents
Madame Sarah Grand, writer, suffragist, and sometime Lady Mayoress of Bath (alongside Mayor Cedric Chivers) lived at number 7 from c.1926–1942/3.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Forsyth, Michael (2003). Pevsner Architectural Guides: Bath.
- ^ a b c d Historic England. "1–9, Sion Hill Place (Grade I) (1394974)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ "Sion Hill, Sion Hill Place". Bath Daily Photo. 11 July 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ Sex, Social Purity and Sarah Grand, ed. Stephanie Forward and Ann Heilman (Routledge, 2000), and Sarah Grand's Death Certificate: "of 7 Zion (sic) Hill Place, Bath U.D."