British Listed Buildings

History in Structure

Numbers 8 and 9 and Attached Front Area Railings

A Grade II Listed Building in Bristol, City of Bristol

More Photos »
Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4537 / 51°27'13"N

Longitude: -2.6002 / 2°36'0"W

OS Eastings: 358388

OS Northings: 172915

OS Grid: ST583729

Mapcode National: GBR C6K.XR

Mapcode Global: VH88M.WQ6G

Plus Code: 9C3VF93X+FW

Entry Name: Numbers 8 and 9 and Attached Front Area Railings

Listing Date: 8 January 1959

Last Amended: 25 May 2004

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1282080

English Heritage Legacy ID: 380751

ID on this website: 101282080

Location: Bristol, BS1

County: City of Bristol

Electoral Ward/Division: Central

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bristol

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol

Church of England Parish: Bristol St Stephen with St James and St John the Baptist with St Michael and St George

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

Tagged with: Building

Find accommodation in
Bristol

Description


BRISTOL

901-1/15/309 UNITY STREET
08-JAN-59 (Northwest side)
8 AND 9
NUMBERS 8 AND 9 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS
UNITY STREET
(Northwest side)
8 AND 9
NUMBERS 8 AND 9 AND ATTACHED FRONT ARE
A RAILINGS

(Formerly listed as:
UNITY STREET
1 AND 3-9)

GV II
Pair of attached houses, now offices. Mid C18. Stucco with limestone dressings, brick party wall stacks and a pantile roof, hipped to the left. Double-depth plan. Mid Georgian style. Each of 3 storeys, attic and basement; 3-window range. A stepped continuation of a terrace has rusticated pilaster strips to a moulded, ramped coping. Doorways either side of the middle party wall have moulded frames, and early C19 bracketed pediments over, rectangular fanlights with good glazing bars, and 6-panel doors. 6/6-pane sashes in exposed frames; 2 hipped dormers each.
INTERIOR: Brick tunnel vaulted cellars. Remainder of interior not inspected, but noted as having panelled rooms, dogleg stairs with column-on-vase balusters, and cornices.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wrought-iron railings to doorway of No.8. A later continuation of Nos 1 & 3-7 (qv).
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: 210; Gomme A: Street Index of Buildings of Architectural or Historic Interest: 69).

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.