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Latitude: 51.4537 / 51°27'13"N
Longitude: -2.6139 / 2°36'49"W
OS Eastings: 357440
OS Northings: 172929
OS Grid: ST574729
Mapcode National: GBR C3K.VQ
Mapcode Global: VH88M.NQ0F
Plus Code: 9C3VF93P+FC
Entry Name: Bishop's House
Listing Date: 8 January 1959
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1202102
English Heritage Legacy ID: 379235
ID on this website: 101202102
Location: Clifton Wood, Bristol, BS8
County: City of Bristol
Electoral Ward/Division: Clifton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bristol
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol
Church of England Parish: Clifton Christ Church with Emmanuel
Church of England Diocese: Bristol
Tagged with: House
BRISTOL
ST5772NW CLIFTON HILL, Clifton
901-1/14/776 (North West side)
08/01/59 Bishop's House
GV II*
House. Dated 1711. Possibly by John Strachan. Limestone
ashlar, render, gable stacks and slate hipped roof.
Double-depth plan. Early Georgian style. 2 storeys, attic and
basement; 7-window range. A good symmetrical front with a
2-window left-hand wing; the central 1-window entrance section
is banded and broken forward, banded outer pilasters, to a
frieze and cornice, with a parapet with balustraded sections
to the windows and urns on the corners. The doorway has fluted
Ionic pilasters to a pulvinated frieze and segmental dated
pediment, rectangular fanlight and 6-panel door. The window
above has a pediment, keyed architraves and segmental heads,
flat to the left-hand section, to 6/6-pane sashes. Tooled
Pennant ground-floor quoin strip to the left-hand corner.
INTERIOR: good joinery, large central entrance stair hall
divided by a segmental arch with fluted pilasters, with half
panelling, to a rear open-well stair with column-on-vase
balusters, ramped moulded rail and a wide curtail;
fully-panelled right-hand front room has a marble fire
surround; panelled shutters and 6-panel doors.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the first of an important group of early and
mid C18 houses built in Clifton. Attribution on stylistic
grounds.
(Mowl T: To Build The Second City: Bristol: 1991-: 14; Gomme
A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History:
Bristol: 1979-: 123).
Listing NGR: ST5743972931
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