Description

BRISTOL

ST57SE SEA WALLS ROAD, Sneyd Park
901-1/55/1821 (West side)
16/09/94 Towerhirst

II

House. 1891-2. By HCM Hirst. Snecked Pennant rubble, limestone
and brick dressings, stone gable and ridge stacks and slate
hipped roof. Double-depth plan. Free Gothic style.
3 storeys, basement and attic; 3-window range. Asymmetrical
front with a projecting right-hand bay, floors marked by drips
and courses of brick, cornice with Tudor flowers and a
crenellated parapet. Flight of steps to central doorway with
4-centre arched boarded door, mullion overlight and tall
margin lights, below a short canopy gabled over the door.
Left-hand canted ground-floor oriel has cross windows and a
steep slated roof; above are diaper brick patterns to the
first and second floors.
Right-hand bay has 3-light mullion and transom windows, in a
canted bay with a parapet on the ground floor, and above,
without transoms, on the second. To the right is a 4-centre
carriage arch beneath a deep cornice and small oriel with
4-light mullion window and parapet. The left return has diaper
brick patterns and a chimney stack with a blind pointed panel.
To the rear is a half-timbered octagonal turret, and matching
C20 extension on crenellated single-storey wing.
INTERIOR: a central hall with dogleg stair and stick and
turned balusters, and cornices with Tudor flowers.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a flight of steps up to the doorway has
cast-iron balusters.
A fine example of domestic architecture in the Free Gothic
style.

Listing NGR: ST5594274815

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568749

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)