11A, 11B And 11C, St Thomas Street

This is a row of three houses at 11A, 11B, and 11C, St Thomas Street. The houses date primarily to the early 19th century, but they occupy a site with a history stretching back to 1640 and incorporate elements of an earlier building from that period. The front of the houses is rendered with a decorative effect imitating ashlar blocks, and is colourwashed, while the rear is mainly limewashed rubble. The roofs are covered in clay pantiles and have coped gables, with brick end and central chimney stacks.

Originally, the houses were built with a three-room cross-passage plan, with each room heated. A central chimney stack was later added. An outshut with a swept-down roof was added to the rear of No. 11A; a staircase is located to the rear left of the house. No. 11B has a through-passage shared with No. 11A. Originally, No. 11A and 11B formed a single house, probably comprising a hall and outer room of a three-unit plan, the inner end of which has since been lost to the garden of the neighbouring property at No. 9. No. 11C appears to have been an 18th-century farm building that has since been converted into a dwelling.

The exterior features two storeys and an irregular fenestration pattern across four bays. The windows are sash windows with 16 panes, with larger windows in bays 2 and 4. Bay 1 has no window, and the window in bay 4 is not aligned with the others. A pair of three-flush panel doors are set within the entrance in bay 3. The west gable is plain. An additional building has been attached to the rear. A wide plank door provides access to the rear passage.

The interior of No. 11A includes a wide stone fireplace with a rough basket arch lintel and chamfer, along with rough transverse 17th-century beams with chamfer. A stone-paved cross passage features a 17th-century door and a 'hatch'. A tight wooden spiral staircase is also present. The roof is a 20th-century replacement. No. 11B features chamfered and stop-chamfered beams and a late 18th-century roof truss. No. 11C has 18th-century trusses with tenoned in-line purlins and lapped collars.

Historical records for the property date back to 1321. The property was originally granted to St. John's Hospital in Bath and was not sold into private ownership until 1885.