15, Abbey Church Yard

No. 15 Abbey Church Yard is a house that has been converted into a shop. It was built around 1720 and underwent alterations and heightening, likely in the early 19th century. The building is attributed to the architect Thomas Greenway.

Constructed from Bath limestone ashlar, the ground floor is painted. The house has a single-depth plan with a central entrance and all windows facing the front (south) elevation, which is back-to-back with No. 14 Cheap Street.

The exterior features three storeys, cellars, and a full-height attic, with a total of five bays. There are paired windows on either side of a central door, which has flattened arches with keystones and plate glass. The four-panelled door leads to the interior. The first and second floors have sash windows, with a four-over-four configuration in architrave surrounds; the central window has an arched head. The building is adorned with pilasters at the ends and a central feature, with Doric pilasters on the ground floor, Ionic on the first floor with a central pediment, and Corinthian on the second floor with a segmental pediment. The attic contains three four-over-four sash windows, with the outer ones positioned centrally above the pairs below. The building also has a cornice band, a parapet, and ashlar end stacks with pots, while the roof is not visible.

The interior of the ground floor has been altered, and the upper floors were not inspected. Historically, this house is noted as an early 18th-century structure in the center of Bath, contrasting with its neighbor, which has a more refined design. It is suggested that this may be the house built by the mason Richard Jones for Mr. Harford around 1730. The ground floor likely retains its original structure but was modified to create an arcaded shopfront in the mid-19th century; a late 18th-century drawing by Thomas Malton appears to show a double-bowed front.