13, Abbey Church Yard

This is a house with a shop dating from the early 18th century, with significant alterations and additions made in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of Bath limestone ashlar, with rendered and painted front elevations, and the roof is not visible. It is a single-depth building, narrow in frontage, and is built back-to-back with number 16 Cheap Street.

The exterior is four storeys high, with a full-height attic storey. The ground floor features an early 1820s or 1830s shop front designed in the style of Sir John Soane, with three bays of plate glass windows, a double entrance door with single panels to the right, and stone panelled pilasters with acroterion caps, a frieze panel, and a decorative wrought iron balcony above. The first floor has two twelve-pane sash windows above the shop, and a third window in a narrow bay over the entrance. The two upper floors each have a single tripartite sash window with a four:six:four-pane configuration. The upper floors lack the additional narrow bay found to the right of the ground floor. Cornice bands separate the floors and lead to the parapet, and there are ashlar end stacks with decorative pots.

Historical records indicate the building was the residence of Charles Bave, a medical doctor, in 1713. Later, it served as the Grand Pump Room Library and a bookshop. The interior has not been inspected. The building forms an integral part of the city centre.