1 and 1A Rivers Street and attached railings

Corner end-of-terrace house, now flats, on the north side of Rivers Street. Originally built around 1775 by John Wood the Younger, but rebuilt in replica after bombing damage in 1942.

The building is constructed of limestone ashlar to the front, left side and rear, with a Welsh slate parapeted mansard roof, hipped to the left with a coped party wall and ashlar stack to the right.

The front elevation to Rivers Street has three storeys, an attic and basement with a two-window range. A Doric doorcase marks the entrance. The first floor contains two paired nine-over-nine sashes in plain reveals with a continuous stone sill. The second floor has two matching six-over-six sashes. The ground floor has two six-over-six sashes to the right of a six-panel door to the left, now part-glazed in a pedimented Doric doorcase with two concrete steps. Double dormers feature six-over-six horned sashes. A shallow plinth and band course run above the ground floor, continuous with No. 2 Rivers Street. Moulded eaves cornice and coped parapet are continuous with Nos 2, 3 and 4 Rivers Street.

The left side elevation to Upper Church Street rises three storeys and an attic with a three-window range. The first floor contains three nine-over-nine horned sashes: those to left and right sit in plain reveals with stone sills, while the central sash is set within a cyma moulded architrave and flat surround with console brackets supporting a projecting moulded cornice. The second floor has three matching six-over-six horned sashes in plain reveals with stone sills. The ground floor features similar sashes to left and right flanking a six-panel door serving No. 1A, with an overlight in a plain reveal. These flank a semicircular porch with two attached and two free-standing Doric columns. Three single dormers contain six-over-six horned sashes. A shallow plinth, band course above the ground floor, modillion cornice and coped parapet all run continuously from the front elevation.

The rear elevation follows a similar style.

The interior was not inspected at the time of listing.

Attached railings and a gate with shaped heads on limestone bases surround an infilled former area.

The house was originally built and occupied by John Fielder. Rivers Street was developed by John Wood the Younger on three separate parcels of land. Nos. 1–11 were constructed in conjunction with Catharine Place on ground conveyed on perpetual leasehold from Sir Benet Garrard to Wood and Brock as his trustee on 19–20 December 1766. Nos. 16–28 and 36–47 Rivers Street, with areas behind Nos. 46 and 47, were built on ground conveyed from the Rivers Estate, owned by Sir Peter Rivers Gay, to Wood on 5 March 1768 for 99 years. Nos. 28–35 Rivers Street were constructed in conjunction with Russell Street on ground bought by John Wood and Andrew Sproule as his trustee from Thomas and Daniel Omer on 30 December 1768 on perpetual freehold rents. The strip of ground on which Nos. 12–15 and 48–50 Rivers Street were constructed was probably never acquired by Wood. Sites of Nos. 12–15 were conveyed from the Rivers Estate to Thomas and James Beale on 30 December 1774 and 16 October 1776 on perpetual freehold rents. A number of different Bath builders were responsible for implementing Wood's overall design.

The house was rebuilt in replica by Mowbray Green following its destruction by bombing in 1942.