No. 6 And Attached Railings

No. 6 and attached railings, known as Ainslie's Belvedere, is a house that has been converted into flats, dating from around 1780. The building features limestone ashlar on the front and rear, with rubble below the basement windows. It has a double pile parapeted mansard roof, covered with Welsh slate at the front and artificial slate at the rear. The roof includes a coped party wall with a single large ashlar stack and two early clay pots positioned to the right.

The exterior consists of three storeys, an attic, a basement, and a sub-basement, with a two-window front. On the first floor, there are two similar windows with stone sills. The ground floor features a similar window on the right and a six-panel door on the left, which has a flush beaded, fielded design and a single glazed panel. This door is set in a stone doorcase with a cyma moulded architrave in a flat surround, supported by heavy moulded console brackets that hold up a projecting moulded cornice. The entrance is approached via a Pennant paved crossover that is flush with the pavement and includes a cast iron footscraper. The basement has a plate glass sash window in a splayed reveal and a six-panel door leading into a slate-roofed extension from the crossover into the area. There is one double dormer with two plate glass casement windows. The building features a band course over the ground floor, sills and a moulded eaves cornice, along with a coped parapet.

At the rear, there is a full-height canted bay with plate glass sashes, some of which have horns. The interior has not been inspected. The property also includes attached wrought iron railings and a gate with shaped heads on concrete and limestone bases, which are refixed on buns on Pennant bases.

Historically, the building is dated to 1780 by Ison. The Bath Chronicle reported an auction of the estate known as Ainslie's Belvedere, which included six substantial dwelling houses, on November 27, 1794. William Ainslie was one of the original lessees of a house in The Circus.