Description

BRISTOL

ST5872 CUMBERLAND ROAD, Floating Harbour
901-1/42/1289 (North side)
08/08/75 Nos.84 AND 85

GV II

Pair of attached houses. c1840. Stucco with limestone
dressings, party wall stacks, slate roof. Double-depth plan.
Late Georgian style with Greek Revival-style decoration. Each
of 3 storeys, basement and attic; 2-window range. A tall front
with a shallow full-width pediment has single-storey side
entrance porches, and a prominent niche in the centre with a
panelled sill and bracketed lintel with acroteria. The porches
have pilasters to an entablature with acroteria, 6-panel doors
with round middle panels, and semicircular-arched side windows
with margin bars. Windows have 6/6-pane sashes with thin bars,
3/3-panes on the second floor. INTERIOR: entrance hall to a
lateral steep dogleg winder stair with stick balusters, column
newels and a steeply ramped rail; 6-panel doors, panelled
shutters, fluted marble fireplaces with roundels, and ceiling
roses.

Listing NGR: ST5805672192

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502986

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)