Nos. 14 And 15 With Gate Piers And Boundary Walls

Two terrace houses, dating from approximately 1800-1804, possibly designed by Charles Harcourt Masters. They are constructed from limestone ashlar with slate roofs.

The buildings follow a double-depth compact block plan, with slightly lower and set-back wings accessed from the south side. The principal elevation and garden face north.

The front elevation is three storeys to the centre range, with single sash windows to each storey, and two storeys to the wings, also with single sash windows. Number 14 features a tripartite sash on the upper storey with a twelve-pane centre light above a Palladian-style arrangement of eight:twelve:eight pane sashes with radial bars, and plain paired sashes at ground floor. A glazed door with eight panes above a margin light sits on three steps in the wing. Number 15 has all plain sashes in the same arrangement, with a six-panel door with fanlight in the wing. Both houses display a plinth, first floor platband, lintel, shallow frieze, cornice, blocking course and parapet. The centre range has a double-hipped roof with large central ashlar stacks.

The rear elevation is of coursed and squared stone with twelve-pane sashes at each level. A small enclosed yard contains a two-storey wing to the left, with two twelve-pane sashes above an early door with transom light set under a slab hood with brackets. The lower range features a cove cornice. Number 15 has replacement window lights throughout and a narrow wing with an arched doorway and small stacks.

Interior features recorded by the Bath Preservation Trust in 1995 include sliding shutters in a ground floor room, sandwiched between wall and panelling on either side. Black porcelain door knobs are present throughout. Windows at corners are inset with red and blue star glass. A ceiling-height cupboard sits in the recess to the left of a fireplace, with arched glass panes in its doors. A Venetian window in the first floor rear bedroom was probably lengthened at a later date. The ground floor has been considerably altered and extended, with evidence suggesting the two houses may have been connected at some point. In Number 15, door heights are notably low and doors appear to be lightweight replacements. Two ground floor inner walls are very thick and may originally have been exterior walls. A Venetian window appears in the first floor drawing room of Number 15. No original features remain on the second floor. A detailed drawing of the rear elevation and garden survives from circa 1791, held at the Building of Bath Museum.

Each house is flanked on the north side by a pair of rusticated ashlar gate piers with moulded cappings and blocking surmounted by urns with fluted bands; the gates are not original. A rough coursed wall approximately 1.7 metres high with plain coping runs the full width of the site, following the slope of the road and extending beyond the outer piers. The wall returns at the party divisions.

The buildings are part of a long speculative row with many variations, but retain considerable original detail, especially on the north front. The site includes a 100-foot well, now glass-covered, with wooden beams visible protruding from the 3-foot diameter shaft to house the ladder.