Description

BRISTOL

ST5773SW CLIFTON PARK, Clifton
901-1/8/797 (North side)
04/03/77 Nos.8 AND 9
and attached front railings, gates
and balustrade
(Formerly Listed as:
CLIFTON PARK
(North side)
Nos.8 AND 9)

GV II

Pair of attached houses. 1846. Limestone ashlar with external
and party wall stacks, roof not visible. Double-depth plan.
Tudor Gothic Revival style. Each of 2 storeys, basement and
attic; 2-window range.
A detailed, symmetrical front has projecting wings with small
gables and octagonal, panelled buttress-turrets with octagonal
finials; weathered sill bands, a moulded parapet, paired
buttresses to the party wall linked by a raised parapet, and
side entrances.
Windows have stone mullions and transoms with tall lower
windows, to metal casements: shallow, canted outer bays with 4
and flanking 2 lights and blind tracery panelled parapets;
above are smaller canted 3-light bays with weathered heads.
The rest are 3-light windows with raised hollow drip moulds,
without transoms to the attic.
The right return has a c1970 concrete porch. The left return
has an open porch with unglazed windows and panelled parapet
with a corner finial to a good restored 2-leaf half-glazed
door with linenfold panels, C20 stained-glass windows with
crocketed ogee heads, and a 2-light overlight; a left-hand
gabled wing as the front but with corbelled octagonal finials
to the attic, and right-hand external stack. Good linked
octagonal stacks have cornices.
INTERIOR: No.7 has tiled entrance hall with a Gothic cornice
of quatrefoils, Tudor arch to the now-removed stair, 6-panel
doors with panelled reveals, and shutters.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached spear-headed railings to front
and side basement areas, and front garden railings, gates,
piers and a good balustrade to No.9 of cusped circles.
A similar composition to Nos 6 & 7 (qv), though more richly
decorated.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 285; Mowl T: To Build The Second
City: Bristol: 1991-: 164).

Listing NGR: ST5719273483

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571287

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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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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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)