Nos. 27-47 (Odd) With Retaining Wall And Steps

Eleven stepped terrace houses were built in the early 19th century, with alterations in the 20th century. The houses are constructed of limestone ashlar, with concrete tile roofs, though original slate roofing remains on numbers 27, 29, and 39. The houses are arranged as gabled, wide-span pairs, with a central fireplace wall between each pair and doors positioned within the outer party walls of numbers 27 and 29, and numbers 31 and 33. The majority of the houses have horizontal eaves, while the remainder are stepped upwards at each party division. Each house has two storeys and a single window on each floor, most of which are plain sash windows, although some have been replaced. Number 27 retains an original twelve-pane sash window, and early panelled doors are present on all houses except numbers 37, 43, and 45. Number 47 is set at a right angle to the main terrace, and is constructed of squared rubble with replaced sash windows on each level above a plank door leading to a basement. Both number 47’s gables are coped. The main terrace features ashlar stacks in front of and behind the ridge, and these are shared between each pair of houses. The party walls are coped, except between numbers 27 and 29 and numbers 31 and 33. The end gable on the right (north) side is plain. The rear of the properties was not inspected. A partial inspection of numbers 27 and 29 occurred in 1981 by Bath Council; number 27 features an original stone Tudor style fireplace, while number 31 retains original four-panel doors and an old range on the ground floor. A low retaining wall built of squared stone block, with plain square flush coping and stepped to match the house frontages, runs approximately 1.5 metres forward from the frontage across the entire terrace. Each house has a short flight of turned steps, parallel to the frontage, leading to a shared landing, except at the ends, where the steps vary from four to eight risers. A longer flight of steps leads to the rear of number 47, which returns from the main terrace.