Dowry Parade

BRISTOL

ST5672NE HOTWELL ROAD, Hotwells 901-1/13/1448 (South East side) 08/01/59 No.297 Dowry Parade

GV II

Attached house. 1763-4. Built by Benjamin Probert and Robert Comfort, in the style of Thomas Paty. Red brick with limestone dressings, brick party wall stacks and a pantile double-depth roof. Double-depth plan. Mid Georgian style. 3 storeys, attic and basement; 2-window range. Articulated by rusticated pilaster strips to a moulded coping. Left-hand doorway has a bracketed pediment to a Gibbs suround with split key and separate angled voussoirs, rectangular overlight with oval metal glazing bars and a 6-panel door. Windows, set to the right of the entrance, have 5 stepped voussoirs to 2/2-pane ground-floor sashes in flush frames, 6/6-panes above, with thick glazing bars on the second floor, and a hipped dormer. Steps down to open basement areas, and arched cellars beneath the deep flagged pavement. The rear elevation has a semicircular-arched stair light. INTERIOR not inspected. Various speculative builders were involved using designs similar to those employed by Thomas Paty. (Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 202; Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bristol: Bath: 1952-: 202).

Listing NGR: ST5698472535