Rosewell House
| Rosewell House | |
|---|---|
 The building in 2015 | |
| Location | Kingsmead Square, Bath, England |
| Coordinates | 51°22′53″N 2°21′49″W / 51.38139°N 2.363481°W |
| Built | 1763 |
| Architect | John Strahan |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Rosewell House (number 12 to 14) |
| Designated | 12 June 1950[1] |
| Reference no. | 1394043 |
  Location of Rosewell House in England  Rosewell House (Somerset) | |
Rosewell House is a historic building in Bath, Somerset, England. Standing on the northwestern edge of Kingsmead Square, the building was completed in 1763. It is now Grade I listed.
Today, the building is occupied by number 12, 13 and 14 Kingsmead Square and numbers 1 and 2 Kingsmead Street. The house is named after Thomas Rosewell,[2] who commissioned it from architect John Strahan and whose sign, a rose and a well, can be seen on the baroque facade[3] with the date 1736. It is a three-storey building with a mansard roof. The ground floor has been changed to include shop fronts, but a detached Ionic porch can still be seen. Dr Joseph Butler, the Bishop of Durham and a theologian, apologist and philosopher, died at Rosewell House in 1752.[1]
Originally, Rosewell House was situated at the end of a rank of houses, but the neighbouring 11, 12 and 13 Kingsmead Square were demolished to construct New Street on a diagonal alignment out of the square to provide better access to the new Bath Green Park railway station.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Rosewell House". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
- ^ "ROSEWELL HOUSE, Non Civil Parish - 1394043 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ Gadd, David (1971). "III The making of Georgian Bath". Georgian Summer. Bath: Adams and Dart. pp. 51–52. ISBN 978-0239000835.
- ^ Root, Jane (July 2013). Rosewell House, Kingsmead Square, Bath - Historic Building Appraisal (PDF) (Report). Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 21 November 2017.