No. 33 And Attached Railings

No. 33 is a terrace house dating from 1770 to 1775, part of the Rivers Street development by John Wood the Younger. In the 19th century, the mansard roof was rebuilt as a full third floor. The front of the building is faced with limestone ashlar, painted to the ground floor, with rubble to the basement. The Welsh slate roof is visible from the front, while the rear is not. An ashlar stack with early clay pots sits on the coped party wall to the right of the front range.

The house is four storeys and has a basement, with a two-window front. The first floor has two plate glass sash windows with ovolo moulded architraves, friezes, cornices, and moulded stone sills, each with wrought iron balconettes supported on console brackets. The second floor mirrors this design. The third floor has two-over-two sash windows in plain reveals with stone sills. The ground floor has a plate glass sash window to the right and a six-panel door, with flush beaded fielded panels and a single glazed panel, set within a pedimented Doric doorcase bearing incised numerals '33' (likely 19th century). A Pennant paved crossover is flush with the pavement and shared with No. 32. The basement has a six-over-six sash window and a four-panel door beneath the crossover, with 20th-century area steps. A band course runs over the ground floor, and a modillion cornice, continuous with No. 32, sits above the second floor. Higher hollow-moulded eaves cornices and a coped parapet raise the attic. The rear elevation is not visible. The interior has not been inspected.

Attached to the front are wrought iron railings and a gate with shaped heads on limestone bases. Rivers Street was developed by Wood on several parcels of land acquired via perpetual leaseholds and freeholds from various owners. Specific dates and details concerning ownership and construction are documented in the building leases and rate books. Walter Ison's "The Georgian Buildings of Bath" provides further context.