No. 47 and Attached Railings

No. 47 is a house dating from 1770-1775, part of the Rivers Street development by John Wood the Younger. The front is faced with limestone ashlar, while the lower part of the building and rear are of rubble construction. The roof is a parapeted mansard style, covered with artificial slate, and there are two ashlar chimney stacks on the left party wall, shared with No. 46 Rivers Street. These stacks retain some early clay pots.

The house has three storeys, an attic, and a basement, with a three-window front. The first floor has three six-over-six sash windows with a further three fixed panes below, set within ovolo moulded architraves with friezes and cornices, sitting on bracketed sills with wrought iron balconettes. The second floor mirrors this design with six-over-six horned sashes in ovolo moulded architraves and stone sills. The ground floor features a nine-over-nine sash window on the left, a six-panel door with fielded and glazed panels set within a pedimented Doric doorcase, and a smaller four-pane window to the right. The basement has a six-over-six window, a C20 glazed door, and a four-pane window set within an ashlar infilling. A double dormer with six-over-six sashes is present on the roof. Architectural details include a band course over the ground floor, a modillion cornice, and a coped parapet. A lead downpipe is fixed to the left side of the front elevation. The rear elevation is partially visible and features six-over-six horned sashes to the upper floors, with wrought iron balconettes on the first floor. The interior remains uninspected.

Attached to the front are wrought iron railings and a gate, set on limestone bases with shaped heads. The development of Rivers Street involved several landowners, including Sir Benet Garrard, Sir Peter Rivers Gay, and Thomas and Daniel Omer, who conveyed land to Wood for leasehold and freehold tenures. Various Bath builders were involved in the construction according to Wood's designs.