Nile Street, Bath

Nile Street in Bath, Somerset, England is a short street of Georgian houses linking Norfolk Crescent and Nelson Place West with the Upper Bristol Road.

On the east side there are five houses, including the corner blocks to Great Stanhope Street (south) and Monmouth Place (north).

Nile Street is part of an urban development centred on Norfolk Crescent that was undertaken by a solicitor called Richard Bowsher in 1792.

1 St Georges Place were not on Richard Bowsher's land and they were built in the early 19th century.

It was common for builders create their own simple designs without an architect being engaged,[10] so the east side of Nile Street may have been the result of an informal agreement.

2 states that the house is to be built with the "..front thence of against Nile Street in every respect agreeably to the Elevation, Plan and design of the said Richard Bowsher and which elevation is more particularly described in the plan drawn in the margin.."[12] This house, which is at the centre of the street, has a taller facade with the attic storey brought forward, matching the style of Norfolk Crescent, but more plain.

1 St Georges Place were gutted, as were the houses on the north side of Great Stanhope Street, including No.

[10] On the west side of Nile Street, the gutted houses were cleared and replaced by a filling station in the 1960s, which was later occupied by a convenience store.

No. 2 Nile Street. A comparison of the facade plan in the building lease with the actual house as built.