19, Northampton Street

This is a house built after 1819, with a later addition of a second floor. It was designed by G. P. Manners. The front of the building is faced with limestone ashlar, and it has a parapeted roof with double Roman chimneys on the front (not visible at the rear). The side walls are coped, with two stacks at the front, rebuilt in reconstituted Bath stone. The rear elevation is ashlar with early clay pots, and there is a staircase to the rear.

The house is three storeys and has a basement, with a two-window front. The first floor has an eight/eight-sash window with a plain reveal, a stone sill, and a wrought iron balconette on the left, and a similar six/six-sash window on the right. The second floor has two six/six-sashes in plain reveals with stone sills. The ground floor has an eight/eight-sash window in a plain reveal with splayed joints and a stone sill to the left, and a six-panel door with reeded panels and fielded panels with voided corners to the right. Above the door is a single-pane fanlight in a round-headed, plain reveal, with chamfered joints and ogee stops. A basement window is an eight/eight-sash in a splayed reveal and is partially above ground, with a grating in the pavement. Additionally, there is a small single-pane window to the left of the basement window. The exterior features a moulded cornice above the first floor, a moulded eaves cornice, and a coped parapet. The rear elevation has glazing bar sashes and significant remains of Venetian red colouring.

The interior has not been inspected.

Northampton Street and the surrounding development began around 1791 to a design by Thomas Baldwin, as trustee for William Pulteney. Construction continued from 1794 following the bankruptcy of the principal contractors, with elevations on leases signed by Thomas Chantry and John Pinch. This represented Pinch’s first major work. The street was completed after 1819, with plans and elevations on leases signed by G. P. Manners. The street sustained bomb damage in 1942, resulting in major redevelopment of the lower part of the street.