NOS. 14, 15, AND 16 WITH RAILINGS

Nos. 14, 15, and 16 with railings comprise three terrace houses dating to around 1730, designed by John Strahan, with alterations made in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The houses are constructed of limestone ashlar, with rubble to the rear, and have slate or pantile roofs. They are part of the original Strahan layout for Beaufort Square and have undergone some modifications to the external appearance.

The houses are two storeys with an attic and basement. No. 14 features two two-light, small-pane casement dormers, two twelve-pane sash windows, and a blind light to the front. The ground floor has a large sixteen-pane window in a splayed surround, and a two-light casement to the basement. The door is a six-panel fielded design with a three-pane transom light, set within a moulded architrave and topped with a segmental pediment on fluted pilasters with consoles. No. 15 has similar dormers above eighteen-pane sashes with heavy bars and square panes, framed by eared architraves with a splay to the ground floor. Cornice hoods on pulvinated friezes shelter the windows. The basement has a rubble facade with two two-light casements in splayed surrounds. A door and doorway, mirroring that of No. 14, are positioned to the right, set below a blind light, with the architrave cut into at the top and sides. No. 16 displays similar dormers above paired eighteen-pane sashes with thick bars and square panes, set within plain reveals. Paired two-light casements occupy splayed surrounds to the basement. A doorway to the right, similar to No. 13, is topped with a blind light. All three houses share a full entablature with a triglyph frieze, with the blocking course swept up to dies at the ends and centre of each house; the party walls incorporate coped details and deep stacks to the left. The rear elevations are in rubble, with the central house featuring a cornice and parapet, while the others have eaves, each incorporating a dormer, and eighteen-pane sashes. The interiors remain uninspected.

Simple railings on a stone curb enclose the basement areas, returning to the doorways. This development, initiated around 1727, represented an attempt to create a visually coherent square, distinct from the style of John Wood, and it is considered a significant episode in the growth of Bath. The houses contribute significantly to the group value of the area, particularly in relation to the Theatre Royal. They were carefully restored in the 1980s.