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BRISTOL ST5873SE BROAD STREET, Centre
901-1/11/528 (North East side)
08/01/59 No.41 GV II* Attached house, now office. C17, largely refronted c1760,
extended 1881 by JH Hirst. Brick with limestone dressings
front, brick lateral stacks and pantile double-pile roof,
timber-framed to the right-hand bay. Double-depth plan. Mid
Georgian style.
3 storeys and basement; 6-window range. 3 sections each set
back to the right, with a plat band, cornice and parapet;
3:2:1 windows, the right-hand section with a C17 roof, refaced
C19, with 2 windows on the ground-floor. Third doorway from
left has a Gibbs surround and split key, 3-pane overlight,
fluted transom and 6-panel door, the top 4 raised; 5 stepped
voussoirs, deeper on the ground floor to the right 6/6-pane
sashes, 3/3-pane casements on the second floor, flush frames,
reveals to the middle section, and a low plinth which rises
into a semicircular-arched basement opening to the right of
the door. The left-hand return is rendered with a brick attic
and 2 lateral stacks, two 4/4-pane ground-floor sashes and a
single 6/6-pane sash above and a small attic casement. By the
front corner, a cast-iron street name inscribed JOHN STREET.
INTERIOR: C17 roof with roughly-hewn trusses with trenched
purlins, and wind braces to the rear. C18 entrance hall with
panelled wainscot to a semicircular-arched doorway with
pilasters and fanlight, central rear dogleg stair with uncut
string, column balusters and newels, and moulded rail; a
semicircular-arched vaulted passage to the rear from John
Lane; second-floor front room has 2-panel cupboards flanking
the fireplace with HL hinges; panelled shutters and doors.
Connected internally to Merchant Tailor's Hall (qv).
(Gomme A: Street Index of Buildings of Architectural or
Historic Interest: 9).
Listing NGR: ST5881573138
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Legacy System number:
379010
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Sources
Books and journals Gomme, A, Street Index of Buildings of Architectural or Historic Interest9
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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