 Queen Square was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "one of the finest Palladian compositions in England before 1730".The west side (numbers 14–18 and 18A, 19 and 20) was designed by John Pinch the younger in 1830 and differs from Wood's original design as the central block is in Neo-Grecian style.The Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) now occupies 16–18.