Description

BRISTOL

ST5672NE HOTWELL ROAD, Hotwells 901-1/13/1464 (East side) 08/01/59 Nos.414-420 (Even) The Colonnade and attached front garden railings (Formerly Listed as: HOTWELL ROAD (North side) Nos.414-420 (Even) The Colonnade)

GV II*

Terrace of 4 houses. 1786. Built by Samuel Powell, not completed. Brick with limestone dressings, brick party walls stacks and a pantile hipped roof. Double-depth plan. Mid Georgian style. Each of 2 storeys; 3-window range. A concave crescent of 2 near-symmetrical pairs has the first-floor projecting on a Tuscan colonnade with a timber entablature, stone cornice and parapet, the ground floor set back and articulated by fluted timber pilasters to the openings. Each pair has an outer entrance with 6-pane overlight, reeded transom and 6-panel door, the upper 4 raised with cut out corners; fluted sill band below two 8/8-pane sashes. Projecting first floor has 5 stepped voussoirs to 6/6-pane sashes and wrought-iron basket baconies with arched railings and quatrefoils. No.418 has a later attic storey set back. No.414 is wider with a third ground-floor window to the right and 4 first-floor windows. INTERIOR: ground floor with full-width front room, an open flat arch to a raised rear room, and a side dogleg winder stair with stick balusters and a ramped rail. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wrought-iron spear-headed railings and gates to flagged pavement below the colonnade and to the front garden. HISTORICAL NOTE: erected by Samuel Powell as a row of shops, not completed, for visitors to the hot wells. A unique arrangement in Bristol. (Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bristol: Bath: 1952-: 213; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: North Somerset and Bristol: London: 1958-: 438).

Listing NGR: ST5658072835

External Links

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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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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)