No. 2 And Attached Railings

No. 2 is a terrace house, now flats, dating from circa 1790-93, with 20th-century additions. It was designed by John Palmer as part of an incomplete development on land leased for St James's Square.

The house is built of limestone ashlar to the front, with rubble to the basement and rear. It has a double-pile, mansard roof covered in Welsh slate with a coped party wall and two ashlar stacks, incorporating some early clay pots to the left. A staircase is located to the rear. The house is three storeys, attic, and basement, with a three-window front. The first floor has three six-over-six sash windows in splayed reveals. The second floor has three similar sash windows in plain reveals with stone sills. The ground floor has two sash windows to the left and a six-panel door with beaded and fielded panels and a single glazed panel, contained within a pedimented Doric doorcase and accessed by one step over a pennant-paved crossover with a wrought iron foot-scraper. The basement has two six-over-six sash windows with stone sills. A 20th-century door and glazed screen are set within an ashlar infilling beneath the crossover, and limestone area steps have a wrought iron handrail. There is a double dormer with six-over-six horned sashes to the attic. Other exterior details include a band course over the ground floor, a sill band to the first floor, a frieze, a moulded eaves cornice, and a coped parapet. A lead hopperhead is located at the eaves to the right.

The rear elevation is partially visible and includes an early six-over-six sash window on the second floor and a two-storey, parapeted ashlar extension. There are a double and single dormer with horned six-over-six sashes. A lead hopperhead is at the eaves to the left.

An inspection by Bath council in 1986 revealed that the first floor retains an original elaborate ceiling with scroll soffits, double doors, an early 19th-century fireplace, and original stairs with Doric newels. The front basement contains a triple fireplace, a double dresser with cupboards on either side of shelving, and a Georgian fireplace to the rear.

Attached to the front are wrought iron railings and a gate with urn tops on limestone bases.

The property’s development was part of plans for St James's Square, which was never fully realised. Numbers 7-11 were destroyed by bombing in 1942.