Numbers 38 And 39 And Attached Front Area Railings, Rear Garden Walls And Piers

Numbers 38 and 39 are a pair of attached houses located in Canynge Square, Clifton, Bristol, dated 1840 in the deeds and designed by Charles Underwood. The houses are rendered with limestone dressings and feature party wall stacks, along with a slate and pantile hipped roof. They have a double-depth plan and are built in a Neoclassical style, consisting of three storeys, an attic, and a basement, with a two-window range.

The nearly symmetrical facade includes shallow projecting parapeted wings, which are articulated on the ground floor by three pilasters that are closer together near the doorways, leading to a moulded band. The eaves are overhanging and supported by paired brackets. The left-hand side has a full-height extension that is set back. The doorways feature rectangular overlights with margin panes and 8-panel doors. The upper floors of the wings have semicircular-arched recesses with lunettes on the second floor, and the windows include 6/6-pane sashes, with 3/6-pane sashes on the second floor.

The rear elevation consists of a five-window range, with two windows on the left and three on the right, and a full-height extension to No. 39. The ground floor is banded with ashlar, and there is a wide moulded band on the second floor. The ground-floor windows have raised surrounds with incised jambs, architraves above with raised cornices on the first floor, and eared architraves on the second floor. First-floor balconies are adorned with moulded cast-iron railings and fluted stone brackets.

The property also includes subsidiary features such as attached spear-headed front area railings and gates between the wings, as well as red sandstone rubble walls and Pennant-capped piers at the rear garden. The interior has not been inspected.