Ashley House And Attached Railings, Rear Wall And Gate

BRISTOL

ST5873NE SOMERSET STREET, Kingsdown 901-1/5/1529 (South East side) 04/03/77 No.14 Ashley House and attached railings, rear wall and gate (Formerly Listed as: SOMERSET STREET No.14)

GV II

House. Late C18, part rebuilt C19. Brick with limestone dressings, limestone ashlar rear elevation, pantile roof. Double-depth plan. Late Georgian style. 3 storeys, basement and attic, 4 storey middle block; 7-window range. 3 sections marked by pilasters to a cornice and parapet, first-floor sill band, the left section rebuilt C19. A C19 Doric portico to the left of the middle block with a triglyph entablature and cornice, and a semicircular-arched doorway with a wide door; above it is a full-height bow with three 6/6-pane sashes, and a central door on the second floor; central first-floor semicircular-arched stair light with interlacing glazing bars; remaining windows have cambered heads with 5 stepped voussoirs to 6/6-pane sashes, plate-glass to the left-hand block; a doorway to the far left with 5 stepped voussoirs. Steps down to the basement and cellars, beneath the portico. Ashlar rear elevation has a central section broken forward with a full-height canted bay, pointed-arched doorway to the right, and a good semicircular tented wrought-iron balcony with batswing brackets. INTERIOR: C19 glazed screen to a central hall, a segmental arch to the right with acanthus brackets, a dogleg stair with slender turned balusters, curtail and wreathed rail, and modillion cornice; good built-in dresser in the basement rear kitchen; panelled shutters, 6-panel doors. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Cast-iron spear-headed front basement area railings; vaulted brick cellars in front below the road; attached brick and squared coursed rubble garden wall to the rear, with a Pennant pointed-arched doorway in the Dove Street elevation with a small grille to the door.

Listing NGR: ST5879673869