Description

BRISTOL

ST5673SE LITFIELD PLACE, Clifton
901-1/7/883 (North side)
08/01/59 Nos.4 AND 5
St Angela's Convent, attached front
basement area railings and garden
wall
(Formerly Listed as:
LITFIELD PLACE, Clifton Down
Nos.4 AND 5)

GV II

Pair of attached houses, now one convent. c1830. Possibly by
Charles Dyer, altered mid C19. Limestone ashlar with party
wall and lateral stacks, and a slate mansard roof.
Double-depth plan. Neoclassical style. 3 storeys, attic and
basement; 9-window range.
A near symmetrical pair has 2:3:3:1 windows, the central
section stepped forward with a rusticated ground floor,
second-floor sill band, cornice and parapet cut out for 4
dormers, with a raised central panelled section. Shallow
porches at each end, single storey to right, have
distyle-in-antis Doric columns to an entablature with dentil
cornice, doorways with pilasters and moulded lintels, to
2-leaf 8-panel doors. Plain windows; canted bays to the inner
side of the entrances, full-height to the left, have moulded
reveals, and faceted aprons fluted either side; horned
plate-glass sashes. The centre has a full-width first-floor
concrete balcony with lattice iron railings, and matching
second-floor basket balconies. Flagged basement areas covered
by cast-iron grilles.
INTERIOR: axial passage, now continuous, with modillion
cornice, to rear central dogleg stairs wth cast-iron splat
balusters, foliate newels; fluted architraves to 6-panel
doors, fluted marble fire surrounds, and Greek Revival-style
mouldings.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron basement area railings
to each end; front garden rubble walls, with railings to the
sides, capped ashlar Pennant piers and 2-leaf cast-iron gates
with dog bars.
Part of a group of fine villas extending W from Litfield
Place; Camp House (qv) also signed by Dyer.
(Mowl T: To Build The Second City: Bristol: 1991-: 142).

Listing NGR: ST5673273376

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497974

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version