No. 5 And Attached Railings

No. 5 is a house that has been converted into flats, built between 1777 and 1784, with later alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. It was designed by John Wood the Younger. The front is made of limestone ashlar, while the rear features a mix of ashlar and rubble. The building has a double pile parapeted mansard roof covered with Welsh slate, and a coped party wall on the right with two ashlar chimney stacks topped with some early clay pots.

The house stands three storeys high, with an attic and basement, and has a three-window range. The first floor features three plate glass horned sash windows set in splayed ovolo moulded architraves, complete with friezes and cornices, and lowered moulded stone sills on console brackets. The second floor has three similar plate glass horned sashes with stone sills. On the ground floor, there are two plate glass horned sashes on the right with stone sills, and on the left, a six-panel door with flush beaded, fielded, and glazed panels within a stone doorcase that has a cyma moulded architrave and a moulded cornice on console brackets forming a hood. The crossover is concreted and flush with the pavement. The basement has two six-over-six sashes in plain reveals with stone sills, a 20th-century glazed door under the crossover, and 20th-century area steps. There is one double and one single dormer with plate glass sashes. A band course runs above the ground floor, with a modillion eaves cornice and a coped parapet. A lead downpipe shared with No. 4 Catharine Place is attached to the right side of the ground floor. The rear elevation has glazing bar sashes and a single-storey parapeted ashlar extension.

The interior was partially inspected by Bath Council in 1979, revealing many original features, though nothing particularly outstanding. The property also has attached wrought iron railings and a gate with shaped heads on limestone bases.