12, Bennett Street

No. 12 Bennett Street is a house that was built around 1780 and is attached to No. 19 the Circus, which is now a museum. The building features a limestone ashlar facade with a rubblestone right return and a slate mansard roof that includes dormers and moulded stacks on the left part wall and right gable end.

The house has a double depth plan with a canted right corner and a 20th-century rear addition. It stands three storeys high with an attic and basement, displaying a three-window front. The exterior includes a coped parapet and a cornice that slightly returns to the right, along with a ground floor platband and plinth. The windows consist of six/six pane sash windows, with six/nine panes on the ground floor front. The second floor has two windows, one of which is tripartite, while the first floor has three windows, one of which is Venetian. The ground floor also has three windows and features a pedimented Tuscan doorcase with engaged columns, a five-panel door that is glazed at the top, and a three-pane overlight. There is one window on each floor to the left of the right return.

The interior has not been inspected. Historical records from 1987 suggest that the building dates to around 1765 and is attributed to the elder Wood. These records mention the preservation of a wooden stair, chimneypieces, plasterwork, and a large range in the former kitchen located in the basement.