No. 4 and Attached Railings

This is a house, dating to around 1780. It is constructed of limestone ashlar, with rubble to the basement. The roof is parapeted, with concrete tile on the front slopes. There are two ashlar chimney stacks on the coped gable wall to the right. A staircase leads to the front of the property.

The house is three storeys and a basement, with a two-window frontage. The first floor has a six/six sash window with a plain reveal and splayed jambs, with a stone sill and wrought iron balconette to the right, and a similar six/nine sash window to the left. The second floor has two similar six/six sash windows. The ground floor has a six/six sash window to the right, and a three-panel door with two moulded lower panels and an upper panel featuring applied moulding to create a diamond pattern. The upper part of the door has two small glazed panes. There is a wrought iron wreath knocker and the door is set in a beaded reveal with a tent hood above. A small window with 20th-century glazing is located to the left of the door, with a wrought iron footscraper attached to its left. A six/six sash window is present in the basement, with a stone sill and splayed jambs. A door underneath a crossover is not visible. There is a concrete roofed extension to the right of the basement. A band course runs above the ground floor, and a moulded eaves cornice and coped parapet are continuous with No. 5 Ainslie’s Belvedere. The rear elevation, partially visible, features an eight/eight sash window to each of the basement, ground and first floors, and two six/six sashes to the second floor, along with two small basement extensions.

The interior was not inspected, but it is noted to contain a dog-leg stick baluster staircase.

Attached to the property are wrought iron railings and a gate with shaped heads on limestone bases.

According to Ison, the house dates to 1780. A report in the Bath Chronicle on 27 November 1794 documented an auction of the estate known as Ainslie’s Belvedere, comprising six substantial dwelling houses. A William Ainslie was one of the original lessees of a house in The Circus.