Description

BRISTOL

ST5972 COLSTON PARADE, Redcliff 901-1/42/1669 (South side) 08/01/59 Nos.1 AND 2 (Formerly Listed as: COLSTON PARADE Nos.1-5 (Consecutive))

GV II

Pair of attached houses. c1760. Stucco on rubble front, roughcast on the side elevation, limestone dressings and pantile mansard roof. Double-depth plan. Mid Georgian style. Each of 3 storeys, attic and basement; 3-window range. A symmetrical pair with cornices and parapet; doorcases to outer ends with Gibbs surrounds, pronounced keys and pediments on consoles, and recessed 6-panel doors; banded rustication, forming keys above ground-floor windows; cambered heads to 6/6-pane sashes with fine glazing bars, thicker on the lower 2 storeys of No.2; hipped dormers. Sunken boot scrapers. A grille in the pavement in front of No.1 lights a 4-light basement window. INTERIOR: No.2, stained-glass door to an entrance hall divided by a semicircular arch, with a right-hand open dogleg stair with thick column-on-vase balusters, curtail, ramped moulded rail; ground-floor modillion cornices, panelled shutters, 6-panel doors. (Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 201).

Listing NGR: ST5914172227

External Links

• Wikidata Q26653440

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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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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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)