Description

BRISTOL

ST5672NE DOWRY SQUARE, Hotwells
901-1/13/1419 (West side)
08/01/59 No.2
and attached front basement railings
(Formerly Listed as:
DOWRY SQUARE
No.2)

GV II

Attached house. c1780. Stucco with limestone dressings, party
wall stacks and slate mansard roof. Double-depth plan. Late
Georgian style.
3 storeys, attic and basement; 4-window range. Parapeted front
has a right-hand doorway with oval panels to jambs and lintel
with 3 thick reeds and corner roundels, a thin reeded canopy,
and a 6-panel door with glazed top panels. Horned 6/6-pane
sashes, taller on the first floor with steel basket balconies.
2 dormers with 4/4-pane sashes. A marble panel to the door
lintel is inscribed SIR ROBERT YOUNG, SURGEON & c. INTERIOR
not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wrought-iron spear-headed front
area and entrance railings and gate with urn finials. Dowry
Square was laid out by Tully in 1720, and building continued
until 1750. Each side had a 5-window middle house and outer
3-window ones, of brick, now altered and mostly rendered, to
various designs.

Listing NGR: ST5697172623

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497854

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings