7 And 8, Stall Street

7 and 8 Stall Street are shops with accommodation above, built around 1805 and altered in the 20th century, possibly refaced. The buildings are constructed from limestone ashlar, with roofs not visible from the street. They have a double depth layout facing Stall Street, an additional range fronting Swallow Street, and a small frontage to York Street.

The exterior features three storeys with a five-window front. There are late 20th-century shopfronts for both houses, and the windows are six-over-six sash types set in plain reveals. A cornice and parapet are present. The rear elevations facing Swallow Street are also ashlar, with the ground floor painted. This side has three storeys and five windows overall, with an additional two-storey section containing two windows behind Nos. 5 and 6. Most windows are six-over-six sashes, with one being eight-over-eight. The cornice and parapet are repeated here, and the roof is not visible.

The elevation on York Street is ashlar and painted on the first floor, featuring two storeys and three windows above a late 20th-century shopfront, with six-over-six sashes flanking a blind recess, along with a cornice and parapet, while the roof remains hidden.

The interior has not been inspected. Historically, this building is part of a once balanced terrace extending from York Street to Abbeygate Street, originally designed in a two-seven-three-seven-two pattern, of which the northern eleven bays still exist. The current design is hard to appreciate due to alterations and the redevelopment of Nos. 12-15 at the southern end. The widening of Stall Street was approved as part of the Bath Improvement Act of 1789, with designs by Thomas Baldwin, and John Palmer, the City Architect, is noted for preparing plans to set back the frontages in Stall Street in 1797. The design for this row, dated 1805 but unsigned, is preserved in the Bath Reference Library. York Street was created in 1806, aligning with the construction of this terrace, which is part of the Neoclassical remodelling of the city centre, situated on a site with a much longer building history.