16, Northampton Street

This is a house, built in 1821 with a later addition of a second floor, designed by G.P. Manners. It is constructed of limestone ashlar to both the front and rear elevations, with a double-pile, parapeted roof. The front has Roman-style double-paned windows, while the rear roof covering is not visible. There's a coped party wall to the left, featuring two ashlar stacks with some old clay pots. A staircase is located to the rear.

The house is three storeys and a basement, with a two-window frontage. The first floor has two two-paned sash windows in simple reveals with stone sills, the left one being wider and featuring a wrought iron balconette. The second floor mirrors this with two further two-paned sash windows. The ground floor has a single two-paned sash window to the left and a six-panel door with reeded and fielded panels (with voided corners) and a single-pane fanlight. A single pennant step in a round-headed reveal has a wrought iron footscraper attached. An incised numeral '16' sits above the door. A window in the basement, an eight/eight-paned sash, is partially visible above ground level, with a grating in the pavement. The exterior features a plinth, a moulded cornice above the first floor, a small moulded eaves cornice, and a coped parapet. The edge of the attic floor is unfinished on the left, suggesting a prior intention to raise the height of the adjacent building at No. 15 Northampton Street. The rear elevation is characterised by sash windows with glazing bars (two/two-paned), and traces of old colouring are visible on the second floor.

The interior, surveyed by the Bath Preservation Trust in 1996, includes good fireplaces, some of which are replacements. Original features remain, including a dresser in the basement, original architraves, cornices, and doors. The second-floor rooms have a ventilation panel above the door within a moulded frame.

Northampton Street and the surrounding development began around 1791, designed by Thomas Baldwin as a trustee for William Pulteney. Construction continued from 1794, after the bankruptcy of the primary contractors, with elevations on leases signed by Thomas Chantry and John Pinch. The development was completed after 1819, with plans and elevations on leases signed by G.P. Manners. The street suffered bomb damage in 1942, with subsequent redevelopment significantly altering the lower part of the street.