Description

BRISTOL

ST5972 BROAD PLAIN
901-1/42/24 (South side)
08/01/59 No.4
and area railings
(Formerly Listed as:
BROAD PLAIN
(South side)
Nos.2-5 (Consecutive))

GV II

House, now offices. c1760. Roughcast, brick end stacks and a
pantile roof. Double-depth plan. 3-storeys and basement;
3-window range. Symmetrical frontage has a central doorway
with an open pediment on pilasters, a 6-panel door and plain
fanlight; either side are 2-storey canted bays with an
entablature with triglyphs to the ground floor and a cornice
to the first floor, and 6/6-pane sashes flanking 8/8-pane
sashes. The upper windows have flush sash boxes, with 6/6-pane
sashes above the door, and paired 12/12 panes above the bays.
INTERIOR: wide central through-hall with modillion cornice and
flagged floor; a fine open-well stair to the rear right, with
urn-and-column balusters and a wide curtail, ramped hand rail
and fluted panels, and a good niche with a pastoral
plasterwork scene to the head; fireplaces in the hall and
upstairs rooms; the cellars have round-arched vaults.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: wrought-iron railings with small ball
finials to the front area, with an overthrow arch and an
ashlar pier to the right. The left-hand bay is isolated from
the rest of the house, and has its own railings.

Listing NGR: ST5962072956

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571347

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings