9, 10 AND 11, GEORGE STREET

Three terrace houses, numbered 9, 10, and 11, were built around 1734 by John Wood the Elder as part of his development of Queen Square in Bath. The houses are constructed of limestone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs. They have a double-depth plan with entrances on the right side.

The buildings are three storeys high with attics, and originally had shops on the ground floor. Number 9's shopfront dates to 1887, designed by William Bertram and Fell (restored in 1988), featuring a central entrance and flanking projecting bays. Number 10’s shopfront, from 1901, was designed by Spackman and Son and has slender timber mullions and a later fascia; the lobby has terrazzo flooring with the lettering “DANDO”. Number 11’s shopfront, from 1909, is in an Art Nouveau style by Spackman and Son, with stone stallrisers, slender timber mullions, delicate interlace above, and a good fascia. Each house has a recessed six-panel door with a rectangular light above the shopfront. The windows are sash windows, with dropped sills breaking through the sill band on Number 9. Numbers 9 and 10 have plain sashes, while those of Number 11 are six-pane. A modillion cornice runs along the building, topped with a parapet and a mansard roof. Each house has paired dormers, with Numbers 10 and 11 also having a single dormer. Stacks are made of ashlar and rubble and topped with pots.

Interior inspections have revealed original architraving, a late original fluted hob grate in the rear of Number 9, and 18th-century cornices on the ground floor. Number 10 contains an open-well timber staircase with turned newels and rebated square balusters. Number 11 has an original staircase with an inlaid handrail and banisters, original sash windows with glazing bars on the front, an enriched frieze cornice and dividing partition on the first floor, and a pretty cast iron 18th-century fireplace with garlands and an Adam-style hob grate on the second floor.

The buildings were part of John Wood the Elder’s plan for George Street and were leased in 1733 and built between 1734 and 1741. Number 9 was designed by F.W. Gardiner in 1887 and restored around 1988 by William Bertram & Fell. Number 10 was designed by Spackman and Son for the River’s Estate in 1901, and Number 11 was used as a chemist shop from 1823.