Trim Street in
Bath,
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, England is an historic street, built in 1707, of shops and houses, many of which are
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
s. It was named after George Trim who owned the land.
Number 5, which is also known as General Wolfe's house, is a two-storey building with a
parapet
A parapet is a barrier that is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/breast'). ...
and
rusticated quoins
Quoins ( or ) are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall. Some are structural, providing strength for a wall made with inferior stone or rubble, while others merely add aesthetic detail to a corner. According to one 19th century encyclopedia, t ...
, built by Thomas Greenway. The doorway has
Ionic pilaster
In classical architecture, a pilaster is an architectural element used to give the appearance of a supporting column and to articulate an extent of wall, with only an ornamental function. It consists of a flat surface raised from the main wal ...
s and a
tympanum decorated with the implements of war. General
James Wolfe
James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec. ...
was staying in the house when
William Pitt, the elder commanded him to lead an expedition to
Quebec
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.
Numbers 6 and 7 are three-storey houses with a
mansard roof,
as are number 8
and 9.
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
Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape.
Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds.
A pedim ...
.
Numbers 11 to 13 form a block of three- and four-storey buildings now used as shops,
while the 4 storey block at number 15 to 17 is still residential.
Number 14 and number 9 are 3 storey residential buildings.
Jane Austen also lived in Trim Street, although her house is no longer there. This was the Austen family's fourth address in Bath, each progressively cheaper and less desirable than the last.
The
Unitarian Church was built in 1795 by
John Palmer John Palmer may refer to:
People
Politicians
* John Palmer (fl. 1377–1394), English politician
* Sir John Palmer, 5th Baronet (1735–1817), British politician
* John Palmer (1785–1840), U.S. congressman from New York
* John Palmer (1842–19 ...
. The
apse
In architecture, an apse (plural apses; from Latin 'arch, vault' from Ancient Greek 'arch'; sometimes written apsis, plural apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an '' exedra''. ...
was the added and interior altered in 1860.
In 1809 the antiquarian
Joseph Hunter, took up the post of Minister at the Chapel, there he met and married Mary Hayward,
with whom he would have six children.
See also
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References
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Grade I listed buildings in Bath, Somerset
Streets in Bath, Somerset