Description

BRISTOL

ST5873SE BROAD STREET, Centre
901-1/11/528 (North East side)
08/01/59 No.41

GV II*

Attached house, now office. C17, largely refronted c1760,
extended 1881 by JH Hirst. Brick with limestone dressings
front, brick lateral stacks and pantile double-pile roof,
timber-framed to the right-hand bay. Double-depth plan. Mid
Georgian style.
3 storeys and basement; 6-window range. 3 sections each set
back to the right, with a plat band, cornice and parapet;
3:2:1 windows, the right-hand section with a C17 roof, refaced
C19, with 2 windows on the ground-floor. Third doorway from
left has a Gibbs surround and split key, 3-pane overlight,
fluted transom and 6-panel door, the top 4 raised; 5 stepped
voussoirs, deeper on the ground floor to the right 6/6-pane
sashes, 3/3-pane casements on the second floor, flush frames,
reveals to the middle section, and a low plinth which rises
into a semicircular-arched basement opening to the right of
the door. The left-hand return is rendered with a brick attic
and 2 lateral stacks, two 4/4-pane ground-floor sashes and a
single 6/6-pane sash above and a small attic casement. By the
front corner, a cast-iron street name inscribed JOHN STREET.
INTERIOR: C17 roof with roughly-hewn trusses with trenched
purlins, and wind braces to the rear. C18 entrance hall with
panelled wainscot to a semicircular-arched doorway with
pilasters and fanlight, central rear dogleg stair with uncut
string, column balusters and newels, and moulded rail; a
semicircular-arched vaulted passage to the rear from John
Lane; second-floor front room has 2-panel cupboards flanking
the fireplace with HL hinges; panelled shutters and doors.
Connected internally to Merchant Tailor's Hall (qv).
(Gomme A: Street Index of Buildings of Architectural or
Historic Interest: 9).

Listing NGR: ST5881573138

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q40309501

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)