1 And 2 Yew Cottages

Yew Cottages, consisting of Nos 1 and 2, are a pair of linked houses dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. They are constructed from rubble with ashlar dressings and have slate roofs. Each house is a single gabled range, connected at either end by a low lean-to range, forming a central courtyard, and they are set gable to the pavement with their floor levels below the road level.

The exterior of No. 1 features two storeys and has two two-light casement windows with stone chamfered mullions and surrounds on the main east front. There is a section of bolection mould architrave at lintel level, while the lower floor is not visible. The rear includes a twelve-pane sash window in a raised plat surround at a lower level, and a two-light casement with a horizontal bar in a recessed ovolo mould surround. To the left, there is a single bay gabled extension. The road-facing gable has a two-light casement above a nine-pane fixed light, with the sill at pavement level. There are large ashlar stacks on the left and a smaller one on the right, with coped gables and a stack at the far end.

The cottages are linked by a low coped rubble wall that has two small lights leading to No. 2, which features a blind oculus above a large eight-pane sash in a bolection mould surround, and a four-pane sash in a flush surround with a sill at pavement level. The main east front of No. 2 has three 20th-century hipped two-light dormers above a central twelve-pane window, flanked by two-light casements with horizontal bars in recessed ovolo mould surrounds, and a central door flanked by three-light casements on the ground floor. The gables are coped, with an ashlar stack at the inner end, and the rear has a swept-down section of roof, likely for a staircase.

These cottages are notable for their early construction in the Bath area and their low floor levels in relation to the street. They have managed to avoid demolition in recent times.