42, 44 AND 46, UPPER EAST HAYES

Nos. 42, 44, and 46 Upper East Hayes is a house that has been divided into three dwellings, located on a hillside to the north of London Road. The central block dates from the late 18th century, with later additions from the 19th and 20th centuries.

The building is constructed of limestone ashlar, with the roofs of Nos. 42 and 46 not visible, while No. 44 has a Welsh slate roof. The exterior features two storeys and a lower ground floor, with a symmetrical three-window front. It has a coped parapet, a cornice, and a stepped cornice band, along with a ground floor platband. The south garden front includes a central canted bay with six-over-six pane sash windows, flanked by tripartite six-over-six pane sashes. There are French windows on the ground floor. Although the roof is not visible, there are ashlar stacks with pots. The centre of the parapet on the east return rises to piers that flank a large recessed rectangular panel. Below this panel, there are six-over-six sash windows to the centre and right, with a blind recessed panel to the left. The ground floor features a door and a six-over-six sash window. The rear, facing the street, has 20th-century extensions, windows, and doors, including a modern door accessed by a flight of steps with an iron balustrade. No. 44 has a rear service wing that connects to the main house and features a hipped slate roof.

Although the interior was not inspected, historical records indicate that a house with a canted bay on the garden front appears on Harcourt Masters's 1793 plan of Bath. Despite significant alterations, the building remains part of a distinctive group of edge-of-town villas designed to take advantage of the views over Bath, with their main elevations oriented towards the south.