1-6, Hanover Street

A group of six terrace houses built in the late 18th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century. The houses are stepped uphill, rising from number 1 to the left. They are constructed from limestone ashlar with double-pitched slate roofs and moulded stacks to the party walls. The plan is double depth.

The exteriors are three storeys high, with basements, and generally feature a single-window range, except for number 1, which has two. Parapets, cornices, and entablatures are present, along with ground floor platbands and numerous original hand-thrown chimney pots. The front doors have distinctive panelling, consisting of two lower panels and a diagonally set square panel at the top, each with a central knocker. Some original ten/ten-pane sash windows remain in the basement level. Number 1 has a two-window range, with the left-hand bay canted back to form a shallow segmental bay. The second floor has tripartite windows with six/six-pane sashes; the remaining windows have plate glass, except for one six/six-pane sash. A six-panel door with a narrow overlight is to the right. Number 2 has a door to the left and a six/six-pane sash window to the left of centre. Windows to the right have chamfered jambs and eight/eight-pane sashes. Number 3 has a single-window range with a door to the right. Tripartite sashes with six/six-panes are on the upper floors, and a wide wrought iron balconette is present on the first and ground floors. Numbers 4 and 5 are similar, with number 4 having margin panes to the ground floor window and number 5 lacking balconettes. Number 6, known as Hanover House, faces north, with a symmetrical three-window range on its entrance front and right return. The second floor has six/six-margin paned windows, while the first floor has various windows with trellised balconettes. A six-panel door is glazed at the top. To the left is a segmental arched recess with a plate glass sash window, and to the right is a single-storey block with a cornice and parapet and a plate glass window. The left return, facing the street, has eight/eight-pane sashes, blind windows to the upper floors, and plate glass sashes to the ground floor.

The interior of number 2 features an open-well, open-string staircase with stick balusters and a mahogany handrail, along with blocks to the upper corners of reeded architraves and six-panel doors. There are stone stairs to a basement with a stone-flagged floor, stone skirtings, a cast iron kitchen range (made in Bath) with a back boiler, a brick cistern and tap, and a vault under the road. Number 5 has timber stairs with a cut string and a mahogany rail. It retains a fine original marble fireplace and grate. Deeds for number 2 date from 1796.