14, North Parade

14 North Parade is a house, now converted into flats, built in 1740 by John Wood the Elder. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a Welsh slate roof. The building has a square block plan and lacks rear elevations, suggesting it is single depth with a top-lit stair hall at the rear.

The exterior consists of three storeys and attics, with a basement, and the ground level slopes sharply down towards the river. There are four windows facing North Parade and three on the east return. A platband runs at the first floor level, and the entrance features an eight-panel door with two glazed panels set in a plain architrave. The windows are late 18th century type sashes with dropped sills, arranged as six over nine, except for the ground floor which has late 19th century plain sashes, as does the basement. All windows have painted architraves, and the first-floor windows are topped with corniced heads. The east return windows are similar. The building is topped with a modillion cornice, a parapet, and a mansard roof that includes three flat-topped dormers facing North Parade and two on the east return, along with an ashlar stack featuring some pots.

The interior has not been inspected. This house is part of the unfinished John Wood scheme for the Abbey Orchard from 1740 to 1748 and plays a significant visual role in the approach to the city over North Parade Bridge.