13 And 14, George Street

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.