Number 23 and Attached Front Area Railings and Rear Garden Walls
NUMBER 23 AND ATTACHED FRONT AREA RAILINGS AND REAR GARDEN WALLS, 23, GREAT GEORGE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1202245
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jan-1959
- List Entry Name:
- Number 23 and Attached Front Area Railings and Rear Garden Walls
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBER 23 AND ATTACHED FRONT AREA RAILINGS AND REAR GARDEN WALLS, 23, GREAT GEORGE STREET
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- Date:
- 2003-02-03
- Reference:
- IOE01/09995/23
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1202245
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jan-1959
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Dec-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Number 23 and Attached Front Area Railings and Rear Garden Walls
- Statutory Address 1:
- NUMBER 23 AND ATTACHED FRONT AREA RAILINGS AND REAR GARDEN WALLS, 23, GREAT GEORGE STREET
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBER 23 AND ATTACHED FRONT AREA RAILINGS AND REAR GARDEN WALLS, 23, GREAT GEORGE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 58129 72898
Details
BRISTOL
ST5872NW GREAT GEORGE STREET 901-1/15/101 (South East side) 08/01/59 No.23 and attached front area railings and rear garden walls (Formerly Listed as: GREAT GEORGE STREET (South side) No.23)
GV II*
House, now office. 1788-91. By William Paty. Limestone ashlar, coursed Pennant rubble basement, brick gable stacks and slate double-pile roof. Double-depth plan. Mid Georgian style. 3 storeys, attic, basement and sub-basement; 3-window range. A symmetrical front has a rusticated ground floor to a plat band, a cornice and parapet. Central doorway has pilasters to Doric entablature blocks and a pediment, a semicircular arch with a metal fanlight and 6-panel door. Ground-floor windows have large keys; 6/6-pane sashes, smaller on the second floor; 2 hipped dormers. Right-hand return has a first-floor semicircular-arched stair light. Similar rear elevation. Rubble basement has segmental-arched Pennant lintels. Tall stacks separated by a semicircular arch. INTERIOR: semicircular-arched doorway with a fanlight, to a central stair hall, with a right-hand open dogleg stair with curtail, column-on-vase balusters, and a wreathed and ramped banded rail; paired semicircular-arched doorways from the hall and landing; cornices with festoons, fireplaces, 6-panel doors and panelled shutters. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron front area railings and gates curved up to the door; attached rear brick garden walls. One of several houses in the road with matching fronts but varying plans for different clients. (Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bristol: Bath: 1952-: 217).
Listing NGR: ST5812972898
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 379644
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Ison, W, The Georgian Buildings of Bristol, (1952), 217
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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