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Dowry Parade and Attached Front Basement Area Railings and Gates

A Grade II Listed Building in Bristol, City of Bristol

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4499 / 51°26'59"N

Longitude: -2.6207 / 2°37'14"W

OS Eastings: 356961

OS Northings: 172508

OS Grid: ST569725

Mapcode National: GBR C2M.92

Mapcode Global: VH88M.JTDC

Plus Code: 9C3VC9XH+XP

Entry Name: Dowry Parade and Attached Front Basement Area Railings and Gates

Listing Date: 8 January 1959

Last Amended: 30 December 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1208811

English Heritage Legacy ID: 379819

Also known as: 307 Dowry Parade and attached front basement area railings and gates

ID on this website: 101208811

Location: Hotwells, Bristol, BS8

County: City of Bristol

Electoral Ward/Division: Hotwells and Harbourside

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bristol

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol

Church of England Parish: Clifton Holy Trinity with St Andrew the Less and St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

Tagged with: Architectural structure House

Description


BRISTOL

ST5672NE HOTWELL ROAD, Hotwells 901-1/13/1454 (South East side) 08/01/59 No.307 Dowry Parade and attached front basement area railings and gates (Formerly Listed as: HOTWELL ROAD (South side) No.309 Dowry Parade)

GV II

Attached house. 1763-4. Built by Benjamin Probert and Robert Comfort, in the style of Thomas Paty. Red brick with limestone dressings, brick party wall stacks and a pantile double-depth roof. Double-depth plan. Early Georgian style. 3 storeys, attic and basement; 2-window range. Articulated by rusticated pilaster strips to a moulded coping. Left-hand doorway has a bracketed pediment to a Gibbs surround with split key and separate angled voussoirs, rectangular plate-glass overlight and a 6-panel door. Windows, set to the right of the entrance, have 5 stepped voussoirs to 6/6-pane sashes in flush frames; hipped dormer. Steps down to open basement areas, and arched cellars beneath the deep flagged pavement. The rear elevation has a full-height hipped projection to the left. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached front basement area cast-iron railings and gates with urn finials. Various speculative builders were involved using designs similar to those employed by Thomas Paty. (Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 202; Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bristol: Bath: 1952-: 202).

Listing NGR: ST5696072509

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