13 and 14, George Street is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. Terraced house. 4 related planning applications.
13 and 14, George Street
- WRENN ID
- errant-foundation-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1975
- Type
- Terraced house
- Address
- 13 and 14, George Street, BA1 2EN
- OS grid reference
- ST 748 651
- Coordinates
- 51.38481, -2.36308
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
13 and 14 George Street are two terraced houses that have been converted into shops. No. 13 dates from the mid-18th century, while No. 14 is from the late 18th century and was altered in the late 19th century.
The exterior of No. 13 features painted limestone ashlar with a three-window arrangement and a coped parapet. It has two plate glass sash windows on the right side and a late 19th-century shopfront in the center, which includes a door and overlight, flanked by turned colonnettes and three plate glass panes beneath a fascia and cornice on the left. No. 14, located to the right, has a limestone ashlar facade and right return, with rough ashlar on the left return. This building has a double depth plan and stands three storeys high with an attic and basement, presenting a symmetrical five-window range. It has a double depth slate mansard roof with stacks on the returns, three dormers, and a coped parapet that rises over the gable ends of the returns. The building features a returned parapet, second and first-floor sill bands, and a ground floor platband, with the ground floor painted and a timber bressumer at the front. The second floor has six-over-six pane sash windows, while the other floors have horned plate glass sashes. The central entrance consists of a six-panel door with glazing on the top and a tall overlight. The right return has one attic window on the right, a window toward the corners of the upper floors, and one window in the center of the ground floor, while there is no window on the left return.
The interior has not been inspected. A wall plaque to the right of the door indicates that these premises were formerly occupied by philatelist Henry Stafford Smith (1834-1903), who, along with his brother, published the pioneering philatelic journal "The Stamp Collector's Magazine" starting in 1863, which helped establish Bath as the birthplace of modern philately.
Local climate
13 and 14, George Street receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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