Bristol Court

Bristol Court, also known as Nos. 5-12 Bristol Court, is a hotel built in 1835, designed by William Hallett, who was also the proprietor. It was converted into flats and a public house in 1935. The building is constructed of stucco, with slate roofs on the left-hand ranges that are largely obscured by a parapet. The left-hand portion of No. 142 is five storeys and an attic, while the remainder is four storeys and an attic, all set over half basements. The main elevation features a twelve-window range, treated as a series of full-height segmental bays, each of three-window range. The ground floor was originally rusticated, with only the left-hand bay retaining this feature. All windows are flat-arched and have architraves, with a cornice supported by console brackets above each first-, second-, and third-floor window. A continuous cornice runs across all bays between the top floor and the attic. A sill band is present between the second and third floors on all bays except the left-hand one. The central attic window in the left-hand bay range is blocked and a first-floor balcony with cast-iron railings, supported by cast-iron Tuscan colonnettes, is present, alongside a spur of the party wall with No. 140 Marine Parade. A two-storey porch was added in the late 19th or early 20th century to all but the left-hand bay range; the glazed ground floor uprights are treated as octagonal colonnettes, and support both the first- and second-floor balconies, which also have cast-iron colonnettes in the Tuscan order and placed on high socles. The porch is enclosed by cast-iron railings. Flat-arched entrances are located in the porch in front of the second bay range, and another under the porch on the return. Some original early to mid-19th century sash windows are present on the return; specifically, in the second through fourth window ranges, from the first floor to the attic, they are 12 x 12 panes, 8 x 8 panes, 4 x 8 panes, and 4 x 8 panes respectively. Steps lead down to a lower range featuring a three-storey segmental bay of two-window range. The interior was not inspected. Bristol Court was built on land owned by the Marquis of Bristol and forms a group with Nos. 137-143 Marine Parade and Eastern Terrace.