5, North Parade Passage

This is a shop with living accommodation above, dating from circa 1716, with subsequent work around 1800 and a shopfront replacement in 1954 designed by Gerrard, Taylor & Partners. The building is constructed of limestone rubble with freestone dressings, with ashlar on the ground floor and a rendered first floor, topped by a pantile roof. It is four storeys high and has a narrow, double-depth plan with a gable fronting the street.

The ground floor features an 18th-century shopfront, slightly bowed, with seven panes across and four panes high. A doorway is located to the left of the shopfront, featuring a decorative rectangular light above the door. The first floor has three windows, the second floor has two, and the top floor has a single, blind window. All the windows are mid-19th century double-hung sash windows with a four-pane configuration, set within architrave surrounds. The window proportions suggest that they are replacements for earlier mullioned and transomed windows. Continuous dripmoulds run over each floor. The attic floor has two small, paned casement windows under a continuous dripmould, with an oculus above. The gable is coped, and a tall ashlar chimney stack with decorative pots is present. The rear elevation has a similar appearance, with three windows to each floor and a cornice, along with two 1716 stone mullioned casement windows located in the gable.

The interior has not been inspected. Historical records indicate that the north side of Lilliput Alley was developed around 1716, suggesting the house was likely built around that time. The building exemplifies the construction techniques used before the Wood phase of Bath’s development.