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Devon House and Attached Front Area Railings and Gates

A Grade II Listed Building in Cotham, City of Bristol

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4623 / 51°27'44"N

Longitude: -2.5954 / 2°35'43"W

OS Eastings: 358734

OS Northings: 173871

OS Grid: ST587738

Mapcode National: GBR C7G.ZN

Mapcode Global: VH88M.YHSV

Plus Code: 9C3VFC63+WV

Entry Name: Devon House and Attached Front Area Railings and Gates

Listing Date: 8 January 1959

Last Amended: 30 December 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1209880

English Heritage Legacy ID: 379919

ID on this website: 101209880

Location: Kingsdown, Bristol, BS6

County: City of Bristol

Electoral Ward/Division: Cotham

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bristol

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol

Church of England Parish: Bristol St Matthew and St Nathanael

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

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Description


BRISTOL

ST5873NE KINGSDOWN PARADE, Kingsdown 901-1/5/1497 (South East side) 08/01/59 No.34A Devon House and attached front area railings and gates (Formerly Listed as: KINGSDOWN PARADE (South East side) No.34A Devon House)

GV II

Attached house. 1760. By William Paty. Limestone ashlar, rubble basement, roof not visible. Double-depth plan. Mid Georgian style. 3 storeys and basement; 3-window range. A rusticated ground floor to a plat band, pilasters to a cornice and parapet. Good left-hand semicircular-arched doorway has incised voussoirs, slim fluted columns to the transom, an 8-light fanlight and 6-panel door; incised voussoirs to the ground-floor, to 6/6-pane sashes, smaller on the second floor; C20 basement windows. DEVON HOUSE is inscribed in the plat band. In the left return is a semicircular-arched stair window with interlacing and etched glass. Single-storey brick block to the left has 1-window range, a cornice and parapet, 5 stepped vousoirs to 6/6-pane sash, and steps down in the front area to a C20 door. INTERIOR: entrance hall with arched recesses flanking a semicircular niche, a central lateral open-well stair with a curtail, slender column balusters, ramped and wreathed rail with cross banding, 6-panel doors, panelled shutters and cornices. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron front area railings and gates have urn finials. (Mellor P: A Kingsdown Collection: Bristol: 1987-: 75).

Listing NGR: ST5873473871

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