Description

BRISTOL

ST5672NE THE PARAGON, Clifton
901-1/13/1068 (South side)
08/01/59 No.15
(Formerly Listed as:
THE PARAGON
Nos.1-15 (Consecutive))

GV II*

Attached house. c1814. By Stephen Hunter. Limestone ashlar,
party wall stacks and slate roof. Double-depth plan. 3
storeys, attic and basement; 3-window range.
Entrance front has a projecting ground floor with a cornice
and flat roof, banded first floor with large projecting
3-light bow set in from the left, with a sill band and moulded
brackets to a cornice with raised panels between, third-floor
string and cornice, with attic storey with moulded coping.
Projecting left-hand open porch has square piers with banded
reveals, imposts, panelled above, with semicircular arches
between and to narrow sides blocked by low balustrades;
segmental-arched doorway has a 2-leaf 6-panel door with raised
upper panels and cut off corners. 4 windows to the right, the
middle ones blind, with segmental-arched heads and pilasters,
over a full-width segmental basement arch with 4 windows with
glazing bars. Horned 6/6-pane first-floor sashes, the middle
one blind, with eared surrounds, 3/6-pane second-floor and
attic sashes.
Front elevation built on a massive red rubble revetment. 2
storeys, attic and double basement; 4-window range; a lower
basement has curved end, a parapet with a central balustrade
section, the left return is banded with curved end and
balustrade. Basement has 3 windows with pedimented lintels; at
the right end a projecting 5-window bow has a glazed dome.
6/6-pane sashes, 3/6-pane second-floor and attic storey
sashes, and 2 dormers. INTERIOR not inspected.
Added to The Paragon when completed by Hunter, and with
matching floor levels to No.14 (qv). Part of the important
view of Clifton from the S across the Avon.

Listing NGR: ST5675372722

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17552688

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