Wells Cathedral Junior School

Wells Cathedral Junior School is a wide frontage house built around 1899, although it stands on the site of earlier buildings. The exterior is rendered with lining and features ashlar dressings, a Welsh slate roof between coped gables, and rendered brick chimney stacks. The building has a symmetrical double-depth plan with a large front entrance hall and a lateral rear staircase.

It is two storeys high with attics and has five bays. The design includes a plinth, cornice, and a plain parapet, with the first and second bays slightly recessed. The windows are sash style with 12 panes and exposed boxes in plain openings. The lower bay three features a part-glazed six-panel door with a painted ashlar surround that includes Doric pilasters, an entablature, and a pediment. To the left of bay one, there is a slightly set back second door, an early 18th-century six-panelled door (two glazed) in a plain opening. The building also has four flat-roofed dormer windows behind the parapet.

Inside, the detailing is consistent with a late 18th or early 19th-century style. The large elliptical panelled entrance hall leads to a salon on the left with a guilloche frieze, egg-and-dart cornice, and a central ceiling rosette. To the right is a similar room with a cupboard in Gothick style, and throughout the house, doorcases and other trim feature reeded surrounds to square blocking-pieces. The former kitchen to the left has a large brick fireplace with a bread oven and a large 20-pane sash window, along with an early three-plank ledged door. The straight-flight staircase has a decorative scrolled wrought-iron balustrade and a wreathed handrail. The first-floor rooms have similar detailing, with one room to the left featuring a white marble fireplace, and a large rear sitting room showcasing an imported fire surround with glazed tiles.

Historically, the site has been developed since at least 1268, with the house known to have been in ruins and rebuilt in 1433/34. There is no clear evidence of earlier buildings on the site.