34, Peter'S Court

This is a late 18th-century house, possibly built in two phases and altered in the mid-19th century. It may have been partially designed by John Palmer. The house is constructed from limestone ashlar with Welsh slate roofs, although not all roofs are visible.

The building’s plan is complex, featuring three sections on the south-facing garden front and a rear wing that projects towards the street. The street front has a three-storey wing with six-over-six sash windows and a parapet, with a stack on the gable end. The side wall has six-over-six sash windows, and the rear elevation is plain and largely obscured.

The south elevation is divided into three sections, each set forward to the right. The first section is two storeys high in ashlar with a hipped slate roof, six-over-six sash windows, a parapet, and no visible roof. The second section is two storeys of rubble stone with margin-glazed sashes (two below and one above), dressed quoins, a cornice, a parapet, and a concealed roof. To the right is the most prominent feature: a three-storey, semicircular bow-fronted section likely designed by John Palmer around 1794, comparable in style to numbers 28 and 32. This section has six-over-six sash windows on each floor, a sill band to the second floor, a decorated band to the third floor, a cornice with a fluted frieze, a parapet, and a concealed roof. A large central stack with decorative pots protrudes from the roofline.

The interior has not been inspected. The house was originally part of a row of villas built on the edge of town to take advantage of the southward views over Bath, with the primary architectural focus on the garden-facing south elevation.