A photograph of 23 Grosvenor Place

Reference Number: BC/23/1/G10/2
Alternative Reference Number: PX3145C
Level of Description: Item
Title: A photograph of 23 Grosvenor Place
Date: n.d. [c.1970s]
Extent: Dimensions: W:199mm x H:152mm
Extent: 1 item
Description: A photograph of the full façade of No 23 Grosvenor Place, known as 'Grosvenor Hotel' and the centrepiece of a 41 house terrace. Designed by John Eveleigh and started in 1791 but never fully completed until the 1820s: 4 storeys over a rusticated stone base, now 2 storeys of 7 giant 'Ionic' columns with garlands drooping off the capitals . An attic storey in the mansard sits behind a balustraded parapet. The 7 columns are questioned because the centre column is located over the hotel entrance. Reverse: Notes in black biro ' Please return to City of Bath, Department of Architecture & Planning, Abbey Chambers, Bath.' ' 23 Grosvenor Place, Bath (Grade 1 1790 John Eveleigh Architect.) Converted from a disused building to provide 20 self contained flats at a cost of £44,000 including £8000 on the restoration of the facade. The work of a housing Association leasing the building from the Bath Corporation who gave grant aid. A grant for the facade was also obtained through the Historic Council for England.' In pencil '1 of 6.' B&W