25 and 26, Westgate Street

25 and 26 Westgate Street are a pair of houses with shops, built around 1820 and later altered in the 20th century. They are constructed from limestone ashlar with slate roofs, although the rear slopes have double Roman tiles. The buildings rise three storeys and an attic, each featuring a narrow one-window front. The windows include twelve-pane sash windows and a plain dormer set in a steep mansard roof, with plain sashes above sill bands. Notably, the second floor of No. 25 has a large sixteen-pane window. On the ground floor, there are two late 19th or early 20th century pilaster shopfronts with modern windows, retaining their consoles and the original fascia on No. 25. To the left, there is a well-crafted panelled door with a plain transom light that leads to a passageway. The buildings have a thin cavetto cornice, a blocking course, and a parapet, with a large ashlar chimney stack positioned off-centre to the right. The interiors have not been inspected. Historically, according to the 'Bath Guide' from 1824, this site was previously occupied by houses next to a brewery that had recently been demolished to make way for these new and attractive homes. The unequal widths of the properties suggest they were rebuilt on much older plots.