Description

BRISTOL

ST5773NE OAKFIELD ROAD, Clifton
901-1/3/902 (North side)
04/03/77 Nos.47-71 (Odd)
South Parade (terrace) and attached
front area railings
(Formerly Listed as:
OAKFIELD ROAD
(North side)
Nos.47-71 (Odd)
South Parade)

GV II

Terrace of 13 houses. c1840. Limestone ashlar, party wall
stacks and pantile double-pile roof. Double-depth plan. Each
of 3 storeys, basement and attic; 2-window range.
A formal terrace with projecting end and 3 central houses, the
right-hand pair now demolished. Rusticated ground-floor to a
plat band, second-floor sill band, bracketed cornice and coped
attic. Steps up to right-hand doorways have recessed jambs,
imposts with guttae and brackets above, plate-glass overlights
and 6-panel doors. Tripartite ground-floor windows have
2/2-pane sashes, architraves to upper windows with 6/6-pane
sashes, and 3/3-panes in the attic; No.47 has 2 ground-floor
sashes. A full-width tented slate balcony on cast-iron
brackets with Greek Revival decoration. At the left end is a
2-storey block containing a doorway with fat Greek Doric
columns to an entablature, central side 10/10-pane sash
flanked by blind windows, and a first-floor with 3/4 Ionic
columns on pedestals to a tripartite front window and three
8/8-pane side sashes.
INTERIOR: elliptical hall arch and side dogleg stair, shutters
and panelled doors.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached front area railings. A late
formal terrace which shares decorative details with Melrose
Place (qv).
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 254).

Listing NGR: ST5774273836

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571177

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