15-24, NEW BOND STREET

Nos. 15-24 New Bond Street form a terrace of nine houses with shops, now used as offices and residential accommodation. They were built between 1805 and 1820, with later 20th-century additions. The design was by John Palmer, the City Architect, with a design made in 1801 and approved in 1803.

The buildings are constructed of limestone ashlar, some of which is painted, and have Welsh slate roofs. The plan is double depth, except for Nos. 22 and 23, which are single depth. They are three storeys high with attics. Nos. 15 and 16 are two windows wide, Nos. 17-21 are three windows wide, and Nos. 22 and 23 are five windows wide. No. 15 sits on the same building line as Nos. 1-3 New Bond Street Buildings, but appears to have been built separately. The building line steps down to the east, from two windows at No. 15 to five at Nos. 16 and 17, six at Nos. 18 and 19, six at Nos. 20 and 21, five at No. 22, and five at No. 23. There is a strip pilaster between each section. The ground floors are now all shopfronts. Nos. 15-18 have shopfronts of a late 20th-century “character” style, while No. 17 has a shopfront designed by Alfred J. Taylor in 1934. No. 19 contains a notable 1922 shopfront by AJ Taylor, with marble and bronze detailing, a marble Art Deco-style floor, and risers to the entrance lobby. No. 20 has a late 20th-century modern shopfront, incorporating an 18th-century six-panel door on the right. No. 21 has a good shopfront from around 1850, featuring three, one, three lights divided by narrow timber mullions, with a doorway to the left. No. 22 has a late 20th-century “character” shopfront, and No. 23 has a late 19th-century double-fronted shopfront divided into two, with an 18th-century fanlight above the central doorway. Sashes are located above the windows in plain reveals, with six/six panes for most, except for Nos. 17 and 20, which have late 19th-century plate glass sashes, and the centre of the second floor of No. 22, which is blind. The cornice is stepped down in line with the building line. A parapet and mansard roof top the buildings; there are two flat-topped dormers on each house, except for Nos. 22 and 23, which have three. Some dormers have six/six panes, others are plain. Chimney stacks are located on the left or right hand side of Nos. 15-21, with end stacks for Nos. 22 and 23, all with chimney pots, except for No. 19.

The interiors were not inspected beyond the shops, which lack original features. No. 18 was the office of AJ Taylor, Bath City Architect, in 1906. No. 21 was inspected in 1986 and contains an old kitchen range and oven in the basement, along with Georgian dentil cornicing and a deep archway to the rear room. No. 23 was inspected in 1989 and features original timber basement stairs with a mahogany handrail and ebony inserts.