1-18, Daniel Street

Eighteen terraced houses on the west side of Daniel Street, built around 1810 by John Pinch the Elder, though not shown on the Harcourt-Masters Bath map of circa 1810. The terrace has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The houses are constructed in limestone ashlar with double-pitched continuous slate roofs, featuring double Roman and pantile tiles with moulded stacks positioned to the right of each house. Each property follows a double-depth plan and rises to three storeys with basements.

The exterior displays characteristic features of the period. Each house has one sash window and one blind window to the first floor. Originally, the terrace had three-over-three pane sash windows to the second floor and six-over-six margin-paned sashes to the first and ground floors, which retain balconettes to the first floor. These windows sit within semicircular arched recesses. Six-panel doors with reeded lintels and semicircular fanlights are set in similar smaller recesses. The majority of second floor windowsills have been lowered. Nos. 1-3 and 16-18 are stepped forward.

No. 1 at the south end features two plate glass windows in flat arched recesses to the ground floor and a similar window to the return. The return has an entrance with a symmetrical three-window range to the left, which includes blind windows on the left-hand side, three-over-three pane sash windows to the attic and second floor, and semicircular arched recesses containing a plate glass sash with balconette to the first floor right. French windows with overlight to the centre are surmounted by an enclosed Doric porch forming a balcony. The six-panel raised and fielded door has a reeded lintel and jambs with a segmental arched overlight featuring radial glazing bars. No. 2 has plate glass sash windows to the attic and second floor, French windows to the first floor, and two-over-two pane sashes to the ground floor. No. 3 features two-over-two pane sash windows to the attic and second floor, and six-over-six pane sashes below. Nos. 4, 5 and 6 retain most of their original glazing bars. Nos. 16, 17 and 18 have original windows to the upper floors.

Interior features recorded by Bath Preservation Trust in the 1990s and Bath Council inspections reveal substantial original detail. No. 2, inspected by Bath Council in 1981, contains the original basement dresser with three drawers and a double wall cupboard. No. 4 retains original stone flags and a bracket for spit bars in the fireplace, with cantilevered stone staircases throughout the property. A bleached oak handrail runs through the basement, with veneered mahogany above and ebony spot on the newel post. Mahogany folding butler's trays are located in both the ground floor entrance hall and first floor. The ground floor front room shows evidence of a former lift from the kitchen below, and a possibly original black slate fireplace surround. Original double folding connecting doors on original hinges remain in the first floor drawing room. No. 6, recorded in 1991, retains many original features including connecting doors like No. 4 and a Georgian hob grate with original architraving on the second floor fireplace. No. 8, recorded in 1990, preserves the original flagstone kitchen floor with a pine dresser and double cupboards, with slate thought to line the wall behind the dresser to a height of 3 feet. The property contains a double vaulted cellar with stone sink and old washing copper, a former larder with slate shelves, mahogany drop-leaf shelves in the hall and first floor landing, and marble fireplaces throughout. A conduit in the roof space carries water from front to back. No. 13 retains many original doors and windows with Victorian additions, whilst No. 17, inspected by Bath Council in 1974, preserves many features.

The street was built by the Earl of Darlington as part of the development of Bathwick and is named after Daniel Pulteney.