No. 13 And Attached Railings

No. 13 and attached railings is a house, dating back to circa 1777, with 19th and 20th-century alterations. It was designed by John Wood the Younger and is now an Abbeyfield House. The front of the house is built from limestone ashlar, while the rear is rendered. It has a double-pile, parapeted mansard roof finished with Welsh slate, with a coped party wall to the left, incorporating two ashlar stacks with some early clay pots.

The house is three storeys plus an attic and basement, presenting a three-window front. The first floor has three six/six horned sash windows, each with three fixed panes beneath, set in splayed ovolo moulded architraves with friezes and cornices, and lowered moulded stone sills resting on console brackets. The second floor also features three six/six sashes in similar ovolo moulded architraves with stone sills. The ground floor has two six/six sashes to the left in splayed reveals with stone sills, and a six-panel door to the right. This door features a flush beaded, fielded panel with a single pane of glass, along with a cast iron lion’s mask knocker in a stone doorcase with a cyma moulded architrave and moulded cornice on console brackets, forming a hood above. A crossover paved with four large pennant slabs includes a 19th-century cast iron footscraper. A small two-pane window is in a plain reveal with a stone sill to the right of the door. Basement windows consist of two six/six sashes in plain reveals with stone sills, a 20th-century door within an ashlar infilling under the crossover, and no area steps. There is also a double dormer with plate glass horned sashes. Features include a band course above the ground floor, a modillion eaves cornice, and a coped parapet. The rear elevation features, on the first floor, three two/two sashes with a continuous wrought iron balcony on wrought iron brackets. The second floor has six/six sashes, and two single dormers have been built out to form a large dormer, with two/two sashes. The ground floor has two/two sashes and a small ashlar extension.

An inspection by Bath Council in 1992 revealed partially visible interior features, including blocked double connecting doors on the first floor, and a neo-classic frieze in the front ground floor room.

The property is accompanied by attached wrought iron railings with shaped heads on painted limestone bases.