Description

BRISTOL

ST5973NW PORTLAND SQUARE, St Paul
901-1/6/1903 (East side)
08/01/59 Nos.18-21 (Consecutive)
and attached area railings
(Formerly Listed as:
PORTLAND SQUARE
(East side)
Nos.18-21 (Consecutive))

GV I

Terrace of 4 houses. 1789-1820. No.21 completely rebuilt
c1970. By Daniel Hague. Limestone ashlar, brick stacks and
slate mansard roof. Double-depth plan. Late Georgian style.
Each of 3 storeys, basement and attic; 3-window range. Half of
a formal composition interupted by St Paul's Church (qv), the
end houses project slightly and No.21 has an ashlar attic;
rusticated ground floor, pilasters from the first-floor plat
band to a modillion cornice and parapet. Left-hand doorcases
have Ionic columns and modillion pediments, batswing fanlights
and 6-panel doors; rusticated voussoirs to the ground-floor
windows and plain voussoirs above, to 6/6-pane sashes.
INTERIOR: largely rebuilt behind the facade; No.21 was
destroyed c1940, and the current building is a replica, built
to complete the terrace.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: spear railings to basement areas.
Forms part of Bristol's '...most complete and beautiful
square' (Gomme).
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 209; Dening C F W: The Eighteenth
Century Architecture of Bristol: Bristol: 1923-: 53).

Listing NGR: ST5945273777

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17528494

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Recommended Books

• 
  For the Record
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)