1-9, LARK PLACE

A terrace of nine houses built around 1840. The houses are constructed of limestone ashlar with triple Roman tile roofs, some of which are concrete. They follow a double-depth plan, with entrances on the right side of each house except for number 9. The houses are two storeys high, with two windows on each floor. The windows are six-over-six sash windows in plain frames. The front doors are four-panel doors set in plain recessed surrounds. A sill band runs across the front of the houses, along with a cornice and parapet, which are continuous on numbers 1 to 5 and stepped up thereafter. The name "Lark Place" is inscribed in sunken lettering on the sill band of number 5. The roofs are double-pitched, with an ashlar stack located to the left of each house on the party wall, except for number 9. The rear elevation is not visible. The interiors of some of the houses have been inspected; numbers 1 and 5 have staircases with Doric newels and square banisters. These are modest houses built on the outskirts of the city, representing a late Georgian style. The terrace is shown on Hayward’s 1852 plan of Bath and has undergone sympathetic restoration.