8 And 9, Albion Place

Nos. 8 and 9, Albion Place, are a pair of houses and a shop dating from around 1790. They were originally two separate houses, now combined, and were formerly known as Upper Bristol Road Nos. 8 and 9. The buildings are constructed of limestone ashlar, with a half-hipped, single-pitched mansard roof covered in double Roman tiles, featuring paired dormers and a long ridge stack. The plan is double-depth, with a 19th-century rear extension built at a slight angle.

The three-storey facades have tripartite windows on the upper floors, with four/four, six/six, and four/four-pane sash windows. A coped parapet rises at the returns to meet the roof, and there’s a slightly returned cornice. A stopped first-floor guilloche band and a ground-floor platband are also present. No. 9 has plate glass sash windows to the dormers, and six/six-pane sashes elsewhere. A raised and fielded six-panel door sits within a plain opening. No. 8 has a dentil cornice and fascia, spanning a late 19th-century shop. The original door is on the left, and a shop window with four plate glass panes and a moulded sill is flanked by panelled pilasters with consoles. A smaller shop on the left return features two half-glazed doors.

The interiors have not been inspected. Around 1793, a plan by C. Harcourt Master showed buildings on this site, marking part of the westward expansion of Bath. At the time of construction, they would have been on the city’s edge. The rest of Albion Place has been replaced with a modern garage.