Red House Bakery

Red House Bakery is a former bakery with shops at the front, built in 1903 by Alfred J Taylor. The building features random limestone rangework with freestone dressings on the front and rubblestone on the left side, topped with a double Roman tile roof. It has a deep irregular plan and stands two storeys high, showcasing a symmetrical seven-window front in a Cotswold Baroque style. The exterior includes a coped parapet, a cornice, a first-floor sill band, and a ground-floor cornice that rises over a segmental pediment supported by consoles in the center. The first floor has square stone mullioned and transomed windows, with two taller similar windows on each side of double three-panel doors. These doors are flanked by shops that have half-glazed set-back doors with overlights. The interior is now a shoe shop and has been significantly altered on the ground floor, while the upper floors have not been inspected. This bakery was part of a chain of Red House Bakeries in Bath that began in the early 20th century, with notable examples including Nos. 8 and 9 New Bond Street, also designed by Taylor.