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))

II

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571039

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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