Description

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ST5672NE DOWRY SQUARE, Hotwells 901-1/13/1420 (West side) 08/01/59 No.3 and attached front basement railings and gate (Formerly Listed as: DOWRY SQUARE No.3)

GV II

Attached house. 1822. Limestone ashlar, party wall stacks and a pantile roof. Double-depth plan. Neoclassical style. 3 storeys, attic and basement; 3-window range. A composed front has banded ground-floor sections broken forward below a moulded band, and giant pilasters on the upper floors to an entablature and parapet. A left-hand doorway has a rectangular overlight and 6-panel door. Plain ground-floor windows, upper ones with incised surrounds, to 6/6-pane sashes, taller on the first floor; 2 hipped dormers. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wrought-iron spear-headed basement area railings and gate with urn finials. Dowry Square was laid out by George 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 or replaced, to various designs.

Listing NGR: ST5697772631

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)