Description

BRISTOL

ST5872NW GREAT GEORGE STREET
901-1/15/101 (South East side)
08/01/59 No.23
and attached front area railings and
rear garden walls
(Formerly Listed as:
GREAT GEORGE STREET
(South side)
No.23)

GV II*

House, now office. 1788-91. By William Paty. Limestone ashlar,
coursed Pennant rubble basement, brick gable stacks and slate
double-pile roof. Double-depth plan. Mid Georgian style.
3 storeys, attic, basement and sub-basement; 3-window range. A
symmetrical front has a rusticated ground floor to a plat
band, a cornice and parapet. Central doorway has pilasters to
Doric entablature blocks and a pediment, a semicircular arch
with a metal fanlight and 6-panel door. Ground-floor windows
have large keys; 6/6-pane sashes, smaller on the second floor;
2 hipped dormers. Right-hand return has a first-floor
semicircular-arched stair light. Similar rear elevation.
Rubble basement has segmental-arched Pennant lintels. Tall
stacks separated by a semicircular arch.
INTERIOR: semicircular-arched doorway with a fanlight, to a
central stair hall, with a right-hand open dogleg stair with
curtail, column-on-vase balusters, and a wreathed and ramped
banded rail; paired semicircular-arched doorways from the hall
and landing; cornices with festoons, fireplaces, 6-panel doors
and panelled shutters.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron front area railings
and gates curved up to the door; attached rear brick garden
walls.
One of several houses in the road with matching fronts but
varying plans for different clients.
(Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bristol: Bath: 1952-: 217).

Listing NGR: ST5812972898

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17552503

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Recommended Books

• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)