Argyle Street, Bath
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{{Infobox Historic Site
| name =Argyle Street, Bath
| native_name =
| image =File:Argyle Street, Bath - June 2014.jpg
| caption = View of Argyle Street, Bath looking east from Pulteney Bridge
| locmapin = Somerset
| map_caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|51|23|0|N|2|21|26|W|display=inline,title}}
| location =Bathwick, Bath, Somerset, England
| area =
| built =circa 1789
| architect =Thomas Baldwin
| architecture = Georgian, with some later shopfronts
| governing_body =
| designation1 =Grade II Listed Building
| designation1_offname =Numbers 1 to 5
| designation1_date =11 August 1972{{National Heritage List for England |num=1394146 |desc=Numbers 1 - 5|accessdate=4 April 2015}}
| designation1_number = 1394146
| designation2 =Grade II Listed Building
| designation2_offname =Number 6
| designation2_date =12 June 1950{{National Heritage List for England |num=1394147 |desc=Number 6|accessdate=4 April 2015}}
| designation2_number = 1394147
| designation3 =Grade II Listed Building
| designation3_offname =Argyle Congregational Chapel
| designation3_date =12 June 1950{{National Heritage List for England |num=1394150 |desc=Argyle Congregational Chapel|accessdate=4 April 2015}}
| designation3_number =1394150
| designation4 =Grade II Listed Building
| designation4_offname =Number 7
| designation4_date =12 June 1950{{National Heritage List for England |num=1394148 |desc=Number 7|accessdate=4 April 2015}}
| designation4_number = 1394148
| designation5 =Grade II* Listed Building
| designation5_offname =Numbers 8 to 17
| designation5_date =12 June 1950{{cite web|title=Numbers 8 - 17|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-509545-8-17-argyle-street-|website=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=8 June 2014}}
| designation5_number =1394149
}}
Argyle Street (formerly Argyle Buildings) is a historic street in the centre of Bath, England located between Pulteney Bridge and Laura Place.
History
As part of the Bathwick Estate, Argyle Street was designed by Thomas Baldwin for Sir William Pulteney. Construction of the street was completed around 1789. The buildings were intended to serve as residential townhouses like those immediately adjacent in Laura Place. However, over several decades shopfronts were added to form an extension to the shopping parade on Pulteney Bridge. As a result the street now has a fine selection of shopfronts with designs from several different architectural periods.{{cite book|last1=Ison|first1=Walter|title=The Georgian Buildings of Bath|date=1948|publisher=Pitman Press|location=Bath|isbn=1904965008|page=164}} Particularly noteworthy are the late Georgian shopfronts to numbers 8, 9, and 16,{{cite book|title=Bath Shopfronts|date=1993|publisher=Devenish & Co. Ltd|isbn=0-901303-29-1|page=11}} and Victorian shopfronts to numbers 6, 7, and 12.
The former Argyle Congregational Chapel is located on the north side of the street between numbers 6 and 7. It was used by a United Reformed Church congregation from 1890 to 2020. It closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was sold for development in 2023.{{cite web|url=http://bathcentralurc.btck.co.uk/About%20us |accessdate=8 June 2014 |title=About Us |publisher=Bath Central United Reformed Church |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705153633/http://www.bathcentralurc.btck.co.uk/About%20us |archivedate=5 July 2014 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/historic-bath-church-could-given-8837750 |title=Historic Bath church could be given new lease of life |last=Wimperis |first=John |website=SomersetLive |publisher=Reach |date=18 October 2023 |access-date=21 April 2025}}
File:1 - 5 Argyle Street, Bath - June 2014 take 2.jpg|Numbers 1 - 5
File:Argyle Congregational Chapel - June 2014.jpg|Argyle Congregational Chapel, flanked by Number 6 (left) and Number 7 (right)
File:Shopfront - 6 Argyle Street, Bath - June 2014.jpg|Victorian shopfront to Number 6
File:Shopfront of 8 Argyle Street, Bath - June 2014.jpg|Late Georgian shopfront to Number 8
File:Shopfront of 9 Argyle Street, Bath - June 2014.jpg|Late Georgian shopfront to Number 9
File:Shopfront to 12 Argyle Street, Bath - June 2014.jpg|Victorian shopfront to Number 12