5-10, Cleveland Place West

Six irregular terrace houses occupy the north-west approach to Cleveland Bridge, built between 1827 and 1830 to designs by architect Henry Goodridge, with late 19th-century alterations. These are among the finest Greek Revival buildings in Bath, forming an important element of Goodridge's development scheme for the northern extremity of the Bathwick Estate.

The houses are constructed of limestone ashlar with moulded stacks set to party walls. All are four storeys including an attic storey, with double-depth plans. Each façade is one or two windows wide and features a parapet, cornice, and wide frieze with sill bands to the attic. A cornice and frieze band marks the second floor. Windows have moulded architraves; those to the first floors of numbers 7 to 10 are fronted by cast iron balconies with roundel motifs. Banded rustication treatment marks the ground floor.

Number 5, occupying the left of the range, is two windows wide. Its entrance range steps slightly forward, presenting a bolection-moulded four-panel door with a two-pane overlight. The ground floor steps forward to form a continuous first-floor balcony shared with number 6 to the right. Windows throughout include three/three-pane sashes to the attic with flap supports, six/six-pane sashes to the second floor, six/nine-pane sashes to the first floor, six/six-pane sashes to the ground floor, and eight/eight-pane sashes to the basements.

Number 6 is a two-window range continuous with number 5. To the right of the attic sits an eight/eight-pane sash window. Balconettes mark the second floor, which has a cornice on consoles over the left-hand window. The ground floor steps forward with a similar door and plain overlight to the left. A balcony with anthemion motifs spans both houses.

Number 7 steps forward, with a design similar to number 6 of Cleveland Place East. It is one window wide, stepped slightly forward with panelled stone pilasters to tripartite windows. The second floor displays a moulded sill string course. The first floor has a pediment over a lintel string course and a balcony borne on four richly moulded cast iron scroll brackets with panelled aprons and horizontal glazing bars. A two/two-pane ground-floor sash sits to the left of a similar door and overlight; a balancing recessed panel occupies the right.

Number 8 is two windows wide with plate glass sash windows to a single tripartite attic window, and six/six-pane sashes with balconettes to the second floor. The first floor is spanned by a balcony fronting six/nine-pane sash windows. To the left of the ground floor, a recessed door has two vertical panels and margin panes to the overlight. To the right, a wide recessed panel frames a two/two-pane sash window with margin panes and horizontal glazing bars.

Number 9 has a balanced single-window front, stepped slightly forward with panelled mullions and margin panes to tripartite windows. The attic contains four/eight small panes; the second floor has six/six-pane sashes with a key pattern band below the sill; the first floor has six/nine-pane sashes with a laurel wreath and fillets above, and a balcony similar to that of number 7. Wide stepped-forward panels flank the façade, featuring incised Soane-inspired decoration to the tops and bases at the first and second floors. The ground-floor window at the centre is similar to that of number 8, with a recessed panel to the left balancing the door.

Number 10 is two windows wide. The triple attic window has a five/ten-pane sash to the centre flanked by six/six-pane sashes. A balcony spans the first floor. To the left of the ground floor is a plate glass sash window in a plain recess; a four-panel door and overlight occupy the right.

Number 10's interior was inspected by Bath Council in 1982, revealing an original wooden staircase and an original twenty-four-pane sash window in the basement with a lambs-tongue moulding. The interiors of the other houses were not inspected. Remains of painted inscription run along the frieze of number 9.