Numbers 42 And 43 And Attached Front Area Railings, Rear Garden Walls And Piers

Numbers 42 and 43 are a pair of attached houses built in 1840, designed by Charles Underwood. They are located on the southwest side of Clifton's Canning Square, Bristol. The houses are rendered with limestone dressings, party wall stacks, and a slate hipped roof. They are arranged over three storeys, with an attic and basement, and have a two-window range.

The near-symmetrical elevation features shallow projecting wings, with the ground floor articulated by three pilasters, which are closer together towards the exterior, and linked by a moulded band. The overhanging eaves are supported by paired brackets. Number 43 has a 20th-century six-panel door set within a single-storey section to the left, between the pilasters. Number 42 has a sash window between the outer pilasters and a wide doorway to the left, featuring a rectangular overlight with margin panes and a six-panel door. The windows are mostly 6/6-pane sashes, with 3/6-pane sashes on the second floor and 3/3-pane sashes in the attic. Number 42 has a 12/12-pane, horned sash window on the first floor.

The rear elevation is symmetrical, showing raised sections where the windows are set, with an ashlar ground floor and second-floor sill bands. A tripartite window is present on the ground floor of Number 43, paired on the ground floor of Number 42, with pilaster jambs. The first-floor windows are tripartite with architraves, featuring 6/6-pane sashes, and they have tented balconies with moulded cast-iron railings and brackets. Eared architraves frame the second-floor windows, which have 3/3-pane sashes.

The interior of Number 43 includes a paved entrance hall with encaustic tiles, a stair hall with an open dogleg staircase featuring stick balusters, a curtail, and a ramped, wreathed handrail, as well as marble fire surrounds and cast-iron hob grates. It also has panelled reveals to six-panel doors and panelled shutters.

Substantial original features remain, including spear-headed front area railings and gates between the wings, as well as rear garden walls constructed from red sandstone rubble and capped with Pennant stone.