Description

BRISTOL

ST5773SE YORK PLACE, Clifton 901-1/9/1152 (North West side) 08/01/59 Nos.3-16 (Consecutive) and attached front basement area railings (Formerly Listed as: YORK PLACE, Bristol 8 Nos.3-16 (Consecutive))

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Terrace of 14 houses. c1790. Possibly by William Paty. Limestone ashlar and render, party wall stacks and slate and pantile mansard roofs. Double-depth plan. Late Georgian style. Each of 3 storeys, attic and basement; 3-window range, Nos 3, 4 & 12-15 of 2 windows. Terrace articulated by pilaster strips to a cornice and parapet, Nos 5, 11 & 16 break forward, No.7 has a rusticated ground floor and vermiculated basement, with plat bands to Nos 7 & 8. Left-hand doorcases have pilasters to entablature blocks with triglyphs and pediment, semicircular-arched doorways, metal fanlights and 6-panel doors. Entrance to No.16 in the right return has a central semicircular-arched doorway with blocked surround, and first-floor oriel on cast-iron columns; to the rear is a first-floor bowed oriel on tall cast-iron columns. 6/6-pane sashes, No.16 has first-floor 6/6/6-pane triple sashes, and various C20 dormers. First-floor balcony to No.10 has cast-iron brackets and decorative railings and stanchions, and arched tented roof. INTERIOR: entrance halls divided by semicircular-arched doorways to rear dogleg stairs with stick balusters, column newels and ramped rails; some with central lateral stairs. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached spear-headed basement area railings and gates with finials; elaborate cast-iron railings with spiked heads to No.10. (Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 221).

Listing NGR: ST5754173065

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