24 AND 25, THE HALVE

The Halve, numbers 24 and 25, dates to approximately the 1790s. It is a three-storey building with a basement, constructed of Bath stone set on a stepped plinth. A string course runs at the first and second floor levels, and there is a listel moulding above the second-floor windows. The building has a plain frieze, a moulded cornice, and a blocking course. Angle pilasters rise the full height of the facade, with the cornice broken forward above them. The windows are glazing bar sash windows; the upper floors feature two pairs of coupled windows with narrow frames. The ground floor has two windows, each with four panes, and two three-panel doors in the outer corners. Each door is set within a doorcase featuring pilasters, a broken entablature, an open moulded cornice, and an open pediment. The doors are approached by four moulded stone steps. Contemporary iron railings, with dog rails to the basement gates, are present. There are two half-glazed basement doors, and a cast lead rainwater pipe runs down the centre of the building. Numbers 23 to 29 form a group.