NOS. 14 AND 15 THE GRAPES (NO. 14)

Nos. 14 and 15 The Grapes, located on Westgate Street, are a pair of houses that include a shop and a public house. They feature 17th-century fabric with an early 18th-century frontage. The buildings are constructed from limestone ashlar and have slate roofs.

The exterior stands three storeys tall with an attic, displaying a configuration of three plus one plus three windows. All windows are eighteen-pane sashes set in narrow bolection mould architraves, complemented by thin pilasters with scroll heads and full-width cornices at the first and second floors, along with moulded sills above panelled aprons. There are blind lights in bays one and three on the top floor and bay two on the second floor. The central bay features a six-panel door within an ashlar surround, framed by Roman Doric three-quarter columns, with Ionic and Corinthian columns at the upper levels, each topped with an entablature and a broken pediment on the second floor. The Grapes public house has a mid-19th-century pilaster front with modern windows on the ground floor and a central door. No. 15 has a modern shopfront that lacks interest. Full-height chimneystacks are present at each end of the buildings. The rear of The Grapes includes a later gabled wing made of brick.

The interior has not been inspected, but a previous listing noted a fine ribbed plaster Jacobean ceiling featuring three main centres with escutcheons of a double-headed eagle and a leopard's head, which belonged to Charles Granville, the 2nd Earl of Bath, from 1683. The heavy dado and bold architraves date from 1720. This building is a significant example from the pre-Wood era, showcasing a richly elaborated front in the 'bucolic Baroque' style of Bath architecture. The combination of earlier internal features and the notable facade, despite the less appealing shop front, makes it an important survival in a historically prominent street that was one of the main thoroughfares of the city before its expansion beyond the walls.