1-15, Dunsford Place

The terrace of fifteen houses at Dunsford Place, stepped uphill from number 1, was built in the early 19th century. Later 19th and 20th century alterations have also been made. The houses are constructed of limestone ashlar with slate and double Roman tile roofs, sloping from a high rear ridge to the front. Moulded stacks rise from the coped party walls and left return. They have double-depth plans, with one- and two-storey rear additions.

Each house is three storeys high with attics and basements, and originally had a two-window range. Features include returned coped parapets, cornices, a second-floor moulded double sill stringcourse, and ground-floor platbands. Semicircular arched recesses frame the ground-floor openings, the recesses on the right being narrower than those on the left. The ground-floor openings originally contain six-panel doors with decorative overlights. The houses were originally fitted with six/six-pane sash windows. They all have fine cast iron trellis balconies with key pattern piers, supported by wrought iron scroll brackets.

Number 1 has a hipped roof to the left with a large dormer to the left return; it has plate glass sash windows, hinged louvred shutters to the second floor (centre of the second and ground floors of the left return), and a mid-19th century swept canopy on cast iron supports to the ground and first floors. An original balcony has been re-set on cast iron brackets. Blind windows flank the three-window left return. Numbers 2-14 are virtually unaltered, except number 3 has a raised slope and a three-light dormer. Number 4 has late 19th century horned two/two-pane sash windows, and number 13 has plate glass sashes. Number 15 has a similar facade and an entrance facade with two (mostly blind) windows in St Anne's Way to the right return.

The interior of number 1, recorded by the Bath Preservation Trust in the 1990s, has Victorian replacement windows, a six-panelled front door with glazed top two panels protected by wrought iron grilles and tiny swivel catches, much of the original mouldings and decoration on the first floor, a stone cantilevered staircase. The property also has two vaulted cellars. Number 3, also recorded by the Bath Preservation Trust in 1990, features ornate vine leaf design cornices in the hall and dining room, a six-panelled front door with glazed top two panels, a modern Adam fire surround in the dining room and first-floor dining room, a grey marble mantle and pillars (painted white) in the former morning room, an original basket grate in situ, a flagstone kitchen floor, and an original plain dresser and range with a bread oven in the basement. Number 11 and 12, recorded by the Bath Preservation Trust in 2002, also retain much of their original detailing, although number 12 has a rear extension.