Description

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ST5672NE HOTWELL ROAD, Hotwells 901-1/13/1452 (South East side) 08/01/59 Nos.303 AND 305 Dowry Parade and attached front basement area railings (Formerly Listed as: HOTWELL ROAD (South side) Nos.303 AND 305 Dowry Parade)

GV II

House, now pair of attached houses. 1763-4. Divided c1790. Built by Benjamin Probert and Robert Comfort, in the style of Thomas Paty. Red brick with limestone dressings, large brick party wall stacks and a pantile double-depth roof. Double-depth plan. Early Georgian style. 3 storeys, attic and basement; 5-window range. A symmetrical front has rusticated pilaster strips to a moulded coping. Paired central doorways have raised ashlar surrounds with panelled jambs, Greek key incised to imposts, fluted lintel and a cornice, semicircular arches with plate-glass overlights, No.303 with a metal fanlight frame, and 6-panel doors. 5 stepped voussoirs to 6/6-pane sashes in flush frames, and 2 hipped dormers; the middle windows across the party wall are blocked. Steps down to open basement areas, and arched cellars beneath the deep flagged pavement. The rear elevation has a full-height hipped projection, and a semicircular-arched stair light. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached front basement area cast-iron railings and gates with urn finials. Doorcases with Gibbs surrounds and pediments such as survive on the single-fronted houses in the parade were replaced when the houses were divided. Various speculative builders were involved, using designs similar to those employed by Thomas Paty. (Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bristol: Bath: 1952-: 202).

Listing NGR: ST5697372517

External Links

• Wikidata Q26580948

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)