Description

BRISTOL

ST5773SE WETHERELL PLACE, Clifton
901-1/9/1107 (South West side)
04/03/77 No.7
and attached garden railings
(Formerly Listed as:
WETHERALL PLACE
No.7)

II

House. 1860. By JA Hansom. For himself. Brick with black brick
diaper patterning and limestone dressings, brick external and
gable stacks, and a tiled roof with decorative ridge tiles.
Double-depth plan. Gothic Revival style. 2 storeys, attic and
basement; 5-window range.
A near-symmetrical front with plinth, first-floor drip course,
moulded eaves and coped left-hand gable; the left-hand return
has a lower wing extending to a rear gable, with a weathered
band to the ground floor rising over a left-of-centre doorway,
and either side of the external gable stack. The doorway has a
4-centre arch with label mould to diamond stops and door with
strap hinges. 2-light trefoil-headed first-floor window to the
left of the stack, which has a quatrefoil panel inscribed
JH/1860; the rear gable has a 2-centred arched cross window
with Decorated tracery.
The front has 2:3 ground-floor cross windows with Tudor-arched
heads, and 2:1:2 first-floor windows, with metal casements; 2
small dormers with pitched roofs and trefoil barge-boards.
Rendered right-hand gable and stack, with a verandah on
cast-iron stanchions. Dated hoppers. INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached spear-headed railings to front
area and garden along Frederick Place to the right for approx
30m. '...one of the few Victorian houses in Bristol that show
a real understanding of Pugin's principles.' (Gomme).
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 288).

Listing NGR: ST5762573270

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26498271

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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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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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)