The Porter Butt Public House

The Porter Butt Public House is a public house located at York Place, dating from around 1800, with later extensions made after 1830. It is constructed of painted limestone ashlar and features a hipped slate roof on the right side of the front range, which has tall moulded stacks on the returns. The building has a three-unit plan with a long rear range that includes a first-floor assembly room and a small half courtyard behind the front range.

The exterior is two storeys high with a cellar and has a symmetrical three-window front range. It is topped with a coped parapet that has ball finials over the quoins and rises to a point above the central window, which is adorned with a carved stone barrel finial. There is a cornice, a ground floor platband, and a plinth. The late 19th-century plate glass sash windows on the ground floor have chamfered arrises. The entrance features a six-panel door that is now on a sliding rail.

Inside, some joinery, including casements and shutters, remains in place, as does the staircase at the rear, although the interior has been altered. A large stone fireplace with a range is located at the rear and has also been modified. The Porter Butt public house is first mentioned in the Bath Directory in 1800, and the term "porter" refers to a popular, richly malted type of Georgian beer.