Description

BRISTOL

ST5675 CHURCH ROAD, Sneyd Park 901-1/31/1779 (North West side) Woodlands

II

House, now flats. 1875. Snecked Brandon Hill Grit rubble with limestone dressings, tile-hung walls, stone gable stacks and a tile hip and gable roof. Irregular double-depth plan. Free Gothic Revival style. 2 storeys, attic and basement; 5-window range. Studiedly asymmetrical, a central full-height gabled entrance has a 2-centred arched doorway with a hoodmould and side finials, a panelled door and side lights with trefoil heads. 4-light mullion window above with trefoil heads and hexfoils to the top, 4-light attic window and a gable with cornice and corner finial blocks. To the left a 3-light mullion and transom window, 3-light mullion window above, and coved eaves, with a large C20 four-light dormer; to the right is a block with a pent roof leading up to a stair tower with large mullion and transom windows to the front and right side. 2 right-hand single-storey gables have 2- and 4-light mullion and transom windows. The left return has a dormer split by a chimney buttress; at the rear is a wide balcony, and an octagonal ground-floor turret with a pyramidal roof. Irregular roof with leaded caps to the hips with iron finials, and decorative ridges. INTERIOR: hall screen with cinquefoil-headed side lights, a large stair well with an open-well stair with cast-iron balusters and curtail, and a coved and panelled ceiling. A well-massed and detailed composition with a mixture of Domestic Revival and Free Gothic elements.

Listing NGR: ST5613475451

External Links

• Wikidata Q26500755

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)