2 and 4 High Street

This pair of houses, originally a single building, dates to around 1840 and are now used as offices and flats. They have undergone alterations in the mid-20th century and the early 21st century. The construction uses rendered walls with stone dressings, pantile and single-Roman tile roofs, and end stacks rendered in the same material.

The houses are designed in an Italianate style, with a symmetrical arrangement of three storeys and a two-window range for each unit. The principal elevation includes a plinth, chamfered quoins, a modillion cornice, and a blind parapet topped by a blocking course. The ground floor has been altered on several occasions. Each unit features a pair of two-pane sash windows, framed by pilasters and connected by a double-arched relief, added in the late 20th/early 21st centuries. A doorcase is set into the central party wall, featuring a moulded round-headed architrave, brackets, and a keystone. Both doorcases contain a modern two-panel door with a plain fanlight. The first floor has a canted four-light oriel window above each ground-floor window, with a ribbed cornice, moulded sill, and round-headed plate-glass sashes. Above the doorcases is a round-headed opening with imposts, a keystone, and a plate-glass sash. The upper floor has plate-glass sashes in plain round-headed surrounds.

The ground floor interior of No. 4 has been significantly altered, with no surviving original features. The upper floors of both houses, and No. 2, have not been inspected, although alterations were approved in 2015 to convert them into flats.

The building exemplifies the local Italianate architectural style influenced by Bath. It has group value alongside Milward House and No. 1 Bristol Road, which are both listed at Grade II.