Description

BRISTOL

ST5773SW VICTORIA SQUARE, Clifton
901-1/8/1081 (South East side)
04/03/77 No.26
(Formerly Listed as:
VICTORIA SQUARE
(South East side)
Nos.26-30 (Consecutive))

GV II

House. 1862. Probably by JA Clark. Limestone ashlar with
lateral stacks and slate and pantile hipped roofs.
Double-depth plan. Italianate style.
Each 3 storeys and basement; 3-window range. The left side
breaks forward, pilasters with ground-floor rustication,
first-floor panel and second-floor incised decoration, to
bracketed stone eaves. Steps up to central doorways with
pilasters, panelled sides to overlights, cornices, and 2-panel
doors, with a Doric porch with 3/4 columns and a segmental
pediment. 3-light bay to the left with panelled lintels and
balustrades; semicircular-arched windows with foliate
capitals, moulded archivolts and panelled aprons, paired on
the left side. Tripartite right-hand return stair windows, and
cast-iron basket balconies to rear windows. Stacks with
cornices.
INTERIOR: large central stair hall with a dogleg stair with
cast-iron balusters and a curtail; modillion and vine
cornices, 4-panel doors and panelled shutters, and a good
black marble fireplace with consoles in the front left room.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 270).

Listing NGR: ST5729173040

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571084

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback