2, Gloucester Street

No. 2 Gloucester Street is a terrace house that has been converted into a corner shop. It dates from the late 18th century, with a 19th-century addition. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar, which is painted at the ground floor, and features a slate mansard roof that is hipped at the right corner, complete with dormers and moulded stacks on the party walls.

The structure has a double depth plan with a curved corner and stands three storeys tall, with an attic and basement, presenting a three-window range. It has a returned coped parapet, a modillion cornice, a first-floor sill band with lowered sills, and a ground floor platband. The windows were originally six-over-six pane sashes, but now the second floor has six-over-one pane sashes, with the right window being blind. The first floor features six-over-six pane sashes flanking a two-over-two pane sash, and there is one six-over-six pane sash with a balconette to the left of the steps leading up to a set-back six-panel door that is glazed at the top. This door is set within a pedimented doorcase supported by engaged Tuscan columns. A lead downpipe is located to the right of the door.

The right return facing Julian Road has two-over-two pane sash windows on the upper floors. The late 19th-century shopfront has ornamented upper corners with sunk spandrels for the plate glass windows, one facing Gloucester Road and one at the curved corner, which was formerly made of curved glass. There is also a two-pane window to the right of the right return. Panelled pilasters with consoles flank a half-glazed bolection moulded door to the left, which supports the cornice and fascia. A blocked panel to the far right is believed to be a former shutter store, and if so, it is the only surviving example in Bath. The interior has not been inspected.