Cambridge House

Cambridge House is a detached villa dating to around 1820, and attributed to the architect John Pinch. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with a concrete tile roof. The building has a compact, block-like form with a low-pitched hipped roof, a side entrance leading to a central lateral staircase, and a lower wing attached to the rear left.

The main facade is two storeys and a lower ground floor, featuring three windows. A blind window is centrally placed on the first floor, with a painted illusion of a sash window at ground floor level. The ground floor windows are twelve-pane sashes with margin lights, floating cornices, and small balconettes. The lower ground floor features three wide twelve-pane sashes with square panes. Flat pilasters are located at each end, slightly recessed from the corners, and the eaves have a broad flat soffit with brackets. Chimney stacks are positioned on each side. The left return includes a centrally placed panelled door within pilasters and an entablature, accessed by a short flight of stone steps, alongside a twelve-pane sash window.

The interior has not been inspected. Cambridge House is part of a group of five similar, though slightly varied, villas built on a raised area above the street. It closely resembles numbers 1 and 2 in its front elevation, but lacks parapets.

Robert Bennett’s article, "The Last of the Georgian Architects of Bath," in Bath History IX (2002), page 101, provides further information.