Trim Street, Bath

Trim Street
LocationBath, Somerset, England
Coordinates51°22′57.2″N 2°21′43.3″W / 51.382556°N 2.362028°W / 51.382556; -2.362028
Built18th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameGeneral Wolfe's House, with railings (Number 5)
Designated12 June 1950[1]
Reference no.1395385
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameNo. 10 with forecourt
Designated11 August 1972[2]
Reference no.1395393
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameNo. 11 with railings[3]
Designated11 August 1972
Reference no.1395395
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name15, 16 and 17, Trim Street
Designated11 August 1972[4]
Reference no.1395405
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameNos. 6 and 7 with railings
Designated12 June 1950[5]
Reference no.1395386
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name8, Trim Street
Designated11 August 1972[6]
Reference no.1395388
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name9, Trim Street
Designated11 August 1972[7]
Reference no.1395389
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name12, Trim Street
Designated11 August 1972[8]
Reference no.1395396
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name13, Trim Street
Designated11 August 1972[9]
Reference no.1395397
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameNo. 14 with railings[10]
Designated11 August 1972
Reference no.1395399
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameFormer Unitarian Church
Designated12 June 1950[11]
Reference no.1395407
Trim Street, Bath is located in Somerset
Trim Street, Bath
Location of Trim Street in Somerset

Trim Street in Bath, Somerset, England is an historic street, built in 1707, of shops and houses, many of which are listed buildings. It was named after George Trim who owned the land.[12]

Number 5, which is also known as General Wolfe's house, is a two-storey building with a parapet and rusticated quoins, built by Thomas Greenway. The doorway has Ionic pilasters and a tympanum decorated with the implements of war. General James Wolfe was staying in the house when William Pitt, the elder commanded him to lead an expedition to Quebec.[1][13][14]

Numbers 6 and 7 are three-storey houses with a mansard roof,[5] as are number 8[15] and 9.[16]

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.[2]

Numbers 11 to 13 form a block of three- and four-storey buildings now used as shops,[17] while the 4 storey block at number 15 to 17 is still residential.[4] 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. The apse was the added and interior altered in 1860.[18] In 1809 the antiquarian Joseph Hunter, took up the post of Minister at the Chapel,[19] there he met and married Mary Hayward,[20] with whom he would have six children.[21]

  1. ^ a b "General Wolfe's House". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Number 10". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  3. ^ Historic England. "No. 11 with railings (1395395)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Numbers 15 to 17". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  5. ^ a b "Numbers 6 and 7". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  6. ^ Historic England. "8, Trim Street (1395388)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  7. ^ Historic England. "9, Trim Street (1395389)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  8. ^ Historic England. "12, Trim Street (1395396)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  9. ^ Historic England. "13, Trim Street (1395397)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  10. ^ Historic England. "No. 14 with railings (1395399)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  11. ^ Historic England. "8, Trim Street (1395407)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  12. ^ Haddon, John (1982). Portrait of Bath. London: Robert Hale. p. 61. ISBN 0-7091-9883-3.
  13. ^ "General Wolfes house, Trim Street, Bath". Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  14. ^ Greenwood, Charles (1977). Famous houses of the West Country. Bath: Kingsmead Press. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-0-901571-87-8.
  15. ^ "Number 8". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  16. ^ "Number 9". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  17. ^ "Numbers 11 to 14". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  18. ^ "Unitarian Church". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  19. ^ Odom, William (1926). "Hunter, Joseph, F.S.A.". Hallamshire Worthies. Sheffield: Northend. pp. 12–14.
  20. ^ Hunter, Sylvester Joseph (1861). A brief memoir of the late Joseph Hunter, with a catalogue of his publications. John Edward Taylor.
  21. ^ Manning, John Edmondson (1900). A History of Upper Chapel, Sheffield. Sheffield: The Independent Press. pp. 86–92. OCLC 19012007.