Description

BRISTOL

ST5672NE DOWRY SQUARE, Hotwells
901-1/13/1418 (West side)
08/01/59 No.1
and attached front basement railings
(Formerly Listed as:
DOWRY SQUARE
No.1)

GV II

Attached house. c1730. Render with limestone dressings, party
wall stacks and a pantile hipped roof. Double-depth plan.
Early Georgian style. 3 storeys, attic and basement; 3-window
range. Rusticated pilaster strips to a moulded coping;
right-hand doorway with 3-panelled jambs, reeded transom,
brackets to a dentil pediment, batswing fanlight and 6-panel
door. Lintels with rusticated voussoirs to 9/9-pane sashes in
flush frames, 2 symmetrically-placed ground-floor sashes;
single hipped dormer. The right return has a C18 shop window
with 18-pane window and cornice, two 9/9-pane first-floor
sashes and a single 6/6-pane sash. INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron front area railings
and gate with urn finials, and Pennant piers. Dowry Square was
laid out by George Tully in 1720, and building continued until
1750. Each side had a 5-window middle house and outer 3-window
ones, of brick, now altered and mostly rendered, to various
designs.
(Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bristol: Bath: 1952-: 157).

Listing NGR: ST5696872615

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497853

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)