Sion Hill Place, Bath
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.
| 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 |
| 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. | 443612 |
  Location of Sion Hill Place in Somerset | |
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 c1926-1942/3.[4]
References
- Forsyth, Michael (2003). Pevsner Architectural Guides: Bath.
- "Summerhill and numbers 1 to 9". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- "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."