No. 34 And Attached Railings

End of terrace corner house, now divided into flats, located at the corner of Rivers Street and Russell Street. Built between 1770 and 1775 as part of the Rivers Street development by John Wood the Younger.

The building is constructed in limestone ashlar to the front and right side elevations, with a parapeted mansard roof hipped to the right and covered in Welsh slate. The rear elevation is not visible.

The north front facing Rivers Street has three storeys, an attic and basement, arranged in a three-window range. A one-window-wide projection to the centre contains a porch and staircase. On the first floor, the left window is a six-over-six sash in an enlarged opening with splayed reveal, stone sill and large wrought iron balconette. The centre window is a two-over-two sash in a splayed ovolo moulded architrave with frieze and pediment over moulded stone sill on console brackets. The right window is a six-over-six sash in an ovolo moulded architrave with frieze and cornice, with moulded stone sill on console brackets. The second floor has a plate glass horned sash to the left in a splayed ovolo moulded architrave with stone sill, a two-light casement to the centre in an ovolo moulded architrave with stone sill, and a six-over-six sash to the right in a similar architrave. The ground floor contains three grouped two-over-two sashes to the left (narrower to the sides) in plain reveals with continuous stone sill, a four-panel door with two-pane overlight in the centre in a tall opening with plain reveal and section of ovolo moulded architrave forming hood, and a six-over-six sash to the right in a plain reveal with stone sill. The basement has two six-over-six sashes to the left in splayed reveals with continuous stone sill, a twentieth-century door under crossover, and a six-over-six sash to the right in a plain reveal with stone sill. Two single dormers contain six-over-six sashes. A band course over the ground floor on the right has now been removed. The elevation features a modillion cornice and coped parapet.

The right side elevation to Russell Street has three two-over-two horned sashes on the first floor in ovolo moulded architraves with splayed jambs, friezes, cornices and lowered moulded stone sills on console brackets. The second floor has three plate glass horned sashes in splayed ovolo moulded architraves with stone sills. The ground floor has three plate glass horned sashes in splayed reveals with stone sills. The basement has three six-over-six sashes in plain reveals with stone sills in a deep plinth. Twentieth-century area steps are present. One double and one single dormer with six-over-six sashes are included. A band course over the ground floor with incised street name 'RUSSELL-STREET', modillion cornice and rebuilt coped parapet continue from the entrance front. The rear elevation is not visible.

The interior was not inspected during listing.

Attached wrought iron railings and gate with shaped heads on limestone bases form subsidiary features.

The building developed as part of John Wood the Younger's wider Rivers Street development. The land was conveyed to Wood in three phases: ground for Nos. 1-11 and Catharine Place by Sir Benet Garrard on perpetual leasehold on 19-20 December 1766; ground for Nos. 16-28 and 36-47 Rivers Street from the Rivers Estate (owned by Sir Peter Rivers Gay) on 5 March 1768 for 99 years; and ground for Nos. 28-35 Rivers Street with Russell Street, purchased by John Wood and Andrew Sproule from Thomas and Daniel Omer on 30 December 1768 on perpetual freehold rents. The sites of Nos. 12-15 were conveyed from the Rivers Estate to Thomas and James Beale on 30 December 1774 and 16 October 1776 on perpetual freehold rents. Various Bath builders were responsible for implementing Wood's overall design.