Nos. 12-17 (Consec) And Attached Railings, Gates And Overthrow

Nos. 12-17 form a terrace of six houses built around 1795, with alterations made in the late 19th century. The front facades are limestone ashlar, while the rear is constructed of rubble. They have continuous double-pitched slate mansard roofs with dormers, and moulded brick stacks, some with hand-thrown chimney pots, rising from the party walls and the left return. The houses are arranged with double depth plans, three storeys, attics, and basements, each with a three-window front.

A continuous moulded parapet runs along the top, with a returned cornice, frieze, sill bands to the upper floors, and a plinth at the base. The first floor right-hand windows have moulded architraves topped with pediments. Originally, the windows were six-over-six sashes. No. 12 retains six-over-six sashes in the attic dormer and to the second floor, along with simple iron balconettes. The first floor has plate glass sashes with trellised balconies, and plate glass sashes on the ground floor, with chamfered architraves to the lower floors. It also has a scrolled overthrow with a former lamp bracket above the front door. No. 13 is similar, with plate glass sashes to two dormers (one being two-light), without balconettes or balconies, and without an overthrow. No. 14 features chamfered architraves and a six-over-six sash with two lights in its dormer. A shared parapet wall exists between the properties. No. 15 has a similar dormer, six-over-six sash windows, a delicate cast iron trellised first-floor balcony on scroll brackets, and rectangular cast iron trellised balconettes to the ground floor windows. No. 16 has plate glass sash windows with semi-elliptical plan balconettes to the first floor. No. 17 is similar.

Interiors were not inspected in full, but inspections by Bath Council in 1982 (No. 15), 1976 (No. 16), and 1984 (No. 17) revealed a fine Victorian fireplace in No. 15, pretty Regency-style fireplaces on the second floor of No. 15, an original cantilevered stone staircase, fine fireplaces and mouldings throughout No. 16, and an elegant hall with original mouldings and a stone staircase in No. 17.

The basement area is surrounded by good quality railings with arrowhead motifs, urn finials, and gates. The railings belonging to No. 12 feature an overthrow. The street’s development was influenced by a building slump in 1794, as evidenced by an advertisement dated September 25th, 1794.