Haberfield House and Attached Balustrades and Enclosing Walls

HABERFIELD HOUSE AND ATTACHED BALUSTRADES AND ENCLOSING WALLS, 1-24, HOTWELL ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1202305
Date first listed:
30-Dec-1994
List Entry Name:
Haberfield House and Attached Balustrades and Enclosing Walls
Statutory Address:
HABERFIELD HOUSE AND ATTACHED BALUSTRADES AND ENCLOSING WALLS, 1-24, HOTWELL ROAD
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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1202305
Date first listed:
30-Dec-1994
List Entry Name:
Haberfield House and Attached Balustrades and Enclosing Walls
Statutory Address 1:
HABERFIELD HOUSE AND ATTACHED BALUSTRADES AND ENCLOSING WALLS, 1-24, HOTWELL ROAD

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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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
HABERFIELD HOUSE AND ATTACHED BALUSTRADES AND ENCLOSING WALLS, 1-24, HOTWELL ROAD

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 56895 72529

Details

BRISTOL

ST5672NE HOTWELL ROAD, Hotwells 901-1/13/1439 (North side) Nos.1-24 (Consecutive) Haberfield House and attached balustrades and enclosing walls

II

Almshouses, now terrace of 6 houses, each of 4 flats. 1889. By TS Pope. Brick with limestone dressings, party wall ridge and gable stacks and a Cornish slate roof. Double-depth plan. Neo Georgian style. Each of 2 storeys and basement; 3-window range. Terrace of symmetrical houses articulated by brick pilasters, each with a projecting 2-storey pedimented porch with ball finials, continuous ground-floor string and cornice, first-floor impost band and a bracketed eaves cornice. The porch has pilasters, and a doorway set under a segmental arch with a large scrolled key, plate-glass overlight and 6-panel door. Mullion windows have ovolo-moulded reveals and 2/2-pane horned sashes. Tall stacks with cornices. Matching rear elevation with plain brick openings and side doorways. Horizontal mouldings continue across the gable ends, articulated by pilasters into 6 sections with sunken panels, a pediment to the middle under a raised panel with brackets and ball finials. INTERIOR: each block has a central hall and front dogleg stair with turned balusters and moulded rail, with a half-landing over a 2-leaf door with stained glass. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached front basement areas have balustrades of square-section terracotta balusters and panelled piers; surrounding wall extends approx 200m round garden and rear entrance yard, a terracotta balustrade over a panelled retaining wall, an ashlar S entrance with a stepped gable, heraldic panel and wrought-iron gates, tall piers to the N entrance with wide cornice, and spear-headed railings. HISTORICAL NOTE: originally Lady Haberfield's Almshouses, named after the patron. A late but well composed and detailed range, one of Bristol's fine group of almshouses.

Listing NGR: ST5690072528

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Legacy System number:
379803
Legacy System:
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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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