The Chestnuts

BRISTOL

ST6270 BONVILLE ROAD, Brislington 901-1/49/446 (North West side) 04/03/77 The Chestnuts

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House. 1668, early C19 front. Render over Pennant rubble, gable-end brick stacks to front and rear cross wing, pantile and slate roof. L-shaped plan with through passage to the cross wing and outshut behind. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. The garden front has 2-light casements to the ground floor, 4/4-pane sashes in flush boxes on the first, with a symmetrically-placed Greek Revival plain wooden porch and 6-panel door; 2 flat-topped dormers. C19 extension on the left has a parapet, returning with gable-end stack to the ground, pierced by a 2-light sliding sash; attic dormer above the rear catslide. Right-hand rear elevation extended back under a parapeted valley, a 2-window range with 3/3-pane sashes to the left and 6/6 sashes on the right, with thick glazing bars on the ground floor. Single-window range in cross wing, with a plain, 4-light mullion and transom window on the ground floor, containing iron-framed casements, under a brick relieving arch, replaced by coupled 6/6-pane sashes on the first floor. Door to single-storey rear extension butted against house. INTERIOR: panelled shutters on all front windows, many original doors, and lantern to top floor.

Listing NGR: ST6233470539