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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17552854

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)