Bath Road Museum Apsley House And Gate Piers

Apsley House, now a museum, was built around 1830-1840 and is constructed from ashlar Bath stone with a slate roof. The building features a central stack and has a two-storey front block that transitions to three storeys at the rear. It has two bays and a central hallway that leads to a rear stair, with two rooms deep. There is a connection to a late 20th-century extension on the right side.

The ground floor has a rusticated appearance, lacking perpends between the end pilasters. The central entrance is marked by a Greek Doric portico with a crested entablature set on a wide stepped podium. Above the entrance is a semicircular fanlight with colored glass. The front facade includes round-headed, full-height windows that are margin-glazed with etched flashed glass. The first-floor windows have simple lugged architraves and 12-pane sashes with margin glazing. Below the central bay, there is a recessed panel with reeding, and the centre bay is slightly projected forward. The facade is topped with a cornice and parapet featuring acroteriae, and there is a contemporary extension to the left.

Inside, the hallway boasts a groined vault. The reception room on the right has a plaster cornice, and there are stacks located on the rear walls. The staircase features three straight balusters per tread. The forecourt is marked by rusticated gate piers topped with anthemion block cappings.