Duke Street, Bath
£285,000

Description

You enter the property into the communal hallway and immediately notice how well kept the building is, with stairs leading you up to the second floor. Once inside the hallway provides access to all rooms. The sitting room is a relaxing and light space with two large 2-pane sash windows to the front aspect with feature fireplace. The kitchen diner is a good size with space for a 6-seater dining table and chairs with windows to the rear aspect. The kitchen is fitted with wall and floor units with worktop, inset sink, electric hob, single oven, dishwasher, washing machine and space for a fridge/freezer. The bedroom is nicely presented with four poster bed, decorative wall panelling and storage cupboard with a window to the front aspect. The bathroom is fitted with bath and shower overhead with curtain, washbasin and WC.

Location

Duke Street was built in 1748 by John Wood, the Elder the street, which overlooks the River Avon, is pedestrianised with no vehicles permitted to enter. Duke Street was originally part of a wider scheme to build a Royal Forum, including South Parade, Pierrepont Street and North Parade, similar to Queen Square, but was never completed. Wood designed the facades of Bath stone, after which a variety of builders completed the builds with different interiors and rear elevations. At street level you have access to everything the city has to offer with shops, restaurants and parks just a short walk away. Bath Spa station and the bus depot are within a 2 minute walk of the property providing transport links to London and Bristol, surrounding villages and beyond.

Services

Mains electric, water and drainage.

Tenure

Share of freehold

Management Information

Share of freehold Lease Date : 21 June 1984 Term : 999 years from 25th March 1984 Ground Rent : £9 p.a. Management Company: Bath Lettings & Building Management Management fee: Currently £400 p/m Short term holiday lets are not permitted in the lease terms.

Listing

Grade I

History

Duke Street is one of Bath’s most important surviving Georgian streets, dating from the 1740s and forming part of an ambitious, but never fully completed, scheme by John Wood the Elder, the architect responsible for some of the developments that established Bath’s Georgian architectural character. In the early 18th century, Bath was rapidly changing from a relatively compact medieval city into one of Britain's most fashionable spa resorts. John Wood the Elder had a much grander vision for its expansion. During the 1740s, Wood devised a major development on land known as the Abbey Orchard, immediately south of Bath Abbey. His plan incorporated North Parade, South Parade, Duke Street and Pierrepont Street. Duke Street and Pierrepont Street were intended to connect the two great east–west terraces of North and South Parade.

The houses forming much of Duke Street were constructed approximately 1745–1748, to designs by John Wood the Elder. The architecture is characteristically Georgian and Palladian: Bath limestone ashlar, carefully proportioned façades, sash windows, pedimented doorways, wrought-iron railings, basements and generally three principal storeys with attics above. One interesting feature of Wood's Bath developments is that he was primarily concerned with the architectural composition of the street façade. Individual builders could complete the houses behind those façades, meaning interiors and rear elevations could vary considerably even though the street appeared unified.

What makes Duke Street especially significant isn't simply the age of the houses. It is effectively a surviving fragment of one of John Wood the Elder's great unrealised plans for Bath. Together with North Parade, South Parade and Pierrepont Street, it shows how Wood was attempting to transform Bath during the 1740s into a monumental Georgian city based around large, formally composed urban spaces. The Bath Preservation Trust consequently describes the area as retaining particularly important evidence of Wood's original Georgian plan.

Stamp Duty

First Time Buyer - £4,250 Standard Charge - £4,250 Additional Property - £18,500

Council Tax

Band - C

EPC Rating

Band - D

Viewings

This property is marketed by TYNINGS Ltd as a sole agent and viewings are strictly by appointment only. All viewings are accompanied and by prior arrangement. Please contact Ben or Nicola to arrange a viewing.

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