7, Harley Street

This is a house dating from the early 19th century, with 20th-century additions. It is constructed of limestone ashlar to the front, with render to the rear, and has a Welsh slate, hipped and parapeted roof with stone ridges, and two axial stacks to the rear. The building is on a single-depth plan, enclosed on three sides by other buildings, including St Andrew's School, and features a front staircase.

The two-storey house, with a basement, has a three-window front. The first floor has three six-pane sash windows in plain reveals, with window guards to the left and centre, and a small 20th-century window to the centre left. The ground floor has two similar windows with stone sills, set within round-headed panels recessed approximately 3 centimetres, and flanking an eight-panel door. The door has reeded panels and fielded panels with voided corners, a cast iron ring knocker set within a reeded timber surround with side panels and a panel over with a diamond pattern fretwork, similar to that found at Cavendish Place and Park Street. The door is recessed slightly within a round-headed plain reveal, and is accessed by two steps with nosing. Basement windows are visible to the right, partially above ground level, with a glass block pavement panel. To the left is a basement window with a grating in the pavement. A plinth rises from ground level on the left to accommodate the steep slope of the ground to the right. An impost band links the ground floor openings, and a weathered sill band sits below the first floor. There is a moulded eaves cornice and a coped parapet with a central die containing a recessed panel. The rear elevation has a small 20th-century window to the first floor. The interior remains uninspected.

The plot was conveyed in 1790, and the area, including St James's Square and adjoining streets, was developed. Manners’ New and Correct Plan of Bath in 1817 shows houses on the sites of Nos 3-6 and Portland Chapel opposite.