Nos. 34, 35 and 36, STALL STREET

Nos. 34, 35, and 36 Stall Street are shops with accommodation above, built between 1791 and 1794, with 20th-century additions. No. 34 has mostly 1950s alterations, including an extended colonnade to the south. The building was designed by Thomas Baldwin.

Constructed from limestone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof, the structure has a double depth plan, with No. 36 wrapping around the corner into a segment that adjoins Nos. 1-8 Bath Street.

The exterior features three storeys and attics, with eight bays facing Stall Street and two bays on the segment. The Stall Street elevation showcases nine Ionic columns on the ground floor that support a deep fascia. The columns increase in height as the ground slopes down to the south. Modern shopfronts for No. 34 and Nos. 35-36 are set back, creating a paved footway. These shopfronts have a running swag band above and an egg-and-dart cornice on the footway ceiling. On the first floor, the third and sixth windows have pedimented surrounds adorned with garlands and paterae, along with double strip pilasters topped with console caps. All windows are six-over-six sashes of late 18th-century style, set in plain reveals, with panels above the plain windows. A scrolled sill band is present on the second floor, with all windows being plain. The cornice, parapet, and plain roof without dormers or stacks date from the mid-20th century. The eighth bay on the right side is blind and features recesses, while a single dormer may be the only 18th-century part of the facade. The segment elevation has the first two bays of six, with the other four belonging to No. 1 Bath Street. The second first-floor window has a pediment above it, along with one dormer.

The interiors were not inspected but are likely to be entirely from the 20th century.

Historically, this building is a significant part of the Neoclassical remodelling of the city centre, designed by Thomas Baldwin following the 1789 Bath Improvement Act. It forms an important group with Bath Street and exemplifies the height of fashion in mid-Georgian urban architecture.