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49 and 50, Queen Square

A Grade II Listed Building in Bristol, City of Bristol

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4502 / 51°27'0"N

Longitude: -2.5962 / 2°35'46"W

OS Eastings: 358668

OS Northings: 172524

OS Grid: ST586725

Mapcode National: GBR C7L.TZ

Mapcode Global: VH88M.YTC5

Plus Code: 9C3VFC23+3G

Entry Name: 49 and 50, Queen Square

Listing Date: 8 January 1959

Last Amended: 30 December 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1202471

English Heritage Legacy ID: 380256

ID on this website: 101202471

Location: Bristol, BS1

County: City of Bristol

Electoral Ward/Division: Central

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bristol

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol

Church of England Parish: Bristol St Stephen with St James and St John the Baptist with St Michael and St George

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

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Description


BRISTOL

ST5872NE QUEEN SQUARE 901-1/16/208 (West side) 08/01/59 Nos.49 AND 50 (Formerly Listed as: QUEEN SQUARE (West side) Nos.46-55 (Consecutive))

GV II

Pair of attached houses. c1780. Brick with limestone dressings, party wall stacks and a pantile mansard roof. Double-depth plan. Each of 3 storeys, attic and basement; 2-window range. A symmetrical pair has a first-floor sill band, cornice band and parapet; paired doorways to the middle, set in shallow recesses, have rubbed brick flat arches with cambered heads, plate-glass overlights and 6-panel doors. Cambered heads with 5 stepped voussoirs to single ground-floor 8/8-pane sashes, and upper 6/6-pane sashes, with 2 dormers each. INTERIOR: entrance hall with panelled semicircular arch to a rear dogleg stair with stick balusters, curtail and wreathed rail; cornice with palmettes in the corners; fireplaces, 6-panel doors and panelled shutters. Queen Square was built between 1701 and 1727. Much of the W side was rebuilt after the Reform Bill riots of 1831. (Gomme A: Street Index of Buildings of Architectural or Historic Interest: 50; Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 94).

Listing NGR: ST5866872524

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