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4 and 5, Charles Street

A Grade II* Listed Building in Bristol, City of Bristol

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4604 / 51°27'37"N

Longitude: -2.5924 / 2°35'32"W

OS Eastings: 358938

OS Northings: 173659

OS Grid: ST589736

Mapcode National: GBR C8H.NB

Mapcode Global: VH88N.0KV9

Plus Code: 9C3VFC65+52

Entry Name: 4 and 5, Charles Street

Listing Date: 8 January 1959

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1205019

English Heritage Legacy ID: 379101

ID on this website: 101205019

Location: Kingsdown, 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

Tagged with: Historic house museum

Description


BRISTOL

ST5873NE CHARLES STREET, Stokes Croft 901-1/5/2020 (North West side) 08/01/59 Nos.4 AND 5

GV II*

Pair of attached houses. Early C18. Brick with limestone dressings, a tall brick party wall stack and pantile hipped roof. Double-depth plan. Early Georgian style. Each of 3 storeys and basement; 2-window range. Moulded coping, and possibly originally with pilasters; the ground floor is raised on a projecting basement, with steps up to the outer doorways which have deep timber canopies on horizontal brackets, a segmental head to 3-pane overlight and 6-panel door, the top glazed. Segmental arches with 5 stepped voussoirs to 6/6-pane sashes in flush frames; 2 lead-clad hipped dormers. The basement front wall is brick with 2 low doorways. INTERIOR: No.4, entrance hall divided by a semicircular arch, with a fully-panelled internal wall; the front room has bolection-moulded fireplace and window seats; a central, lateral dogleg winder stair has column balusters and newels, and a ramped, toadback rail; 2 panel shutters and 4-panel doors. HISTORICAL NOTE: the home of Charles Wesley from 1749-71.

Listing NGR: ST5893873659

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