2, Ainslie'S Belvedere

The building is a house, dated 1806. It is constructed of limestone ashlar, painted to the front, with rubble to the basement. The roof is double pile and parapeted, with concrete tiles to the front and a coped gable wall with two ashlar stacks to the left.

The house is situated on steeply sloping ground, with a basement level above ground to the right side and rear. The front elevation features two windows. The first floor has two six-over-six horned sash windows in plain reveals, with stone sills. The left window is situated lower than the right, reflecting the ground level. The ground floor has a similar sash window with a wrought iron balconette to the right, and a three-panel door with two moulded panels; the upper panel features applied moulding forming a diamond panel with a wrought iron wreath knocker, and two small glazed panes in the top pane. The door is set within a 19th-century timber architrave, reconstructed in the 20th century. A Pennant paved crossover is flush with the pavement and incorporates a cast iron footscraper. A twelve-over-eight sash window is present within the basement, along with a 20th-century door set within a glazed screen, and a concrete paved bridge over an area to the right. A band course runs over the ground floor, with the painted name "Ainslie's Belvedere" to the right. Moulded eaves cornices and a coped parapet continue with No. 3 Ainslie’s Belvedere.

The right side, facing Caroline Place, has two round glazed openings, blocked from behind, in chamfered reveals to the ground and first floors. A small plate glass horned sash window is present in the basement, with splayed jambs and a stone sill. A date stone bearing the inscription "1806" is positioned high on the wall to the left. The rear elevation includes 19th and 20th-century additions and extensions, along with 20th-century sash windows to the first floor. A lead hopper head and part-lead downpipe are attached to the right.

The interior was not inspected, but it is noted to contain a stick baluster staircase.

Subsidiary features include attached 20th-century railings on concrete bases. Historical records, including references in the Bath Chronicle, indicate that an auction of the estate known as Ainslie's Belvedere took place in 1794. However, the date stone suggests that this house and number 3 were later additions to the original row of six houses. A William Ainslie was originally a lessee of a house in The Circus.