Description

BRISTOL

ST5873NE SOMERSET STREET, Kingsdown
901-1/5/1533 (South East side)
04/03/77 Nos.20 AND 21
and attached area railings and
attached rear garden wall
(Formerly Listed as:
SOMERSET STREET
Nos.18-22 (Consecutive)
and 22A)

GV II

Pair of attached houses. c1770. Stucco and brick with
limestone dressings, limestone ashlar rear elevation, brick
party wall stacks and a pantile hipped double-pile roof.
Double-depth plan. Mid Georgian style.
Each of 3 storeys, basement and attic; 2-window range. Stucco
ground floor, brick above, pilasters to the cornice and
parapet. Right-hand doorcase on No.20, central on No.21, with
consoles to an open pediment, moulded keyed semicircular arch,
fanlight and 6-panel door. No.20 has a ground-floor canted bay
with 8/8-pane and flanking 6/6-pane sashes, No.21 has a mid
C19 two-storey extension to the side, and has windows with
flat surrounds and aprons; upper windows have cambered heads
with 5 stepped voussoirs and 6/6-pane sashes.
The extension is 2 storeys; 3-window range, flat architraves
to plate-glass sashes with horizontal bars, sill bands,
first-floor lintel band, frieze and cornce. Rear elevation
each has a full-height canted bay, separated by a lead hopper
and down pipe.
INTERIOR: No.20, hall divided by fluted pilasters to a
semicircular arch, with wainscot and dado; a central lateral
dogleg stair with ramped rail, column-on-vase balusters and
column newels; built-in kitchen dresser in the basement to the
rear; 4-panelled shutters and 6-panel doors.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached front area railings to No.21,
and attached wrought-iron railings with urn finials to the
doorway of No.20; attached brick garden wall to the rear.

Listing NGR: ST5884273913

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503601

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