Numbers 40 And 41 And Attached Front Area Railings, Rear Garden Walls And Piers

Numbers 40 and 41 are a pair of attached houses located in Canynge Square, Clifton, Bristol, dating from 1840 and designed by Charles Underwood. The buildings are rendered with limestone dressings and feature party wall stacks, topped with a hipped roof made of slate and pantiles. They are built in a Neoclassical style and consist of three storeys, an attic, and a basement, arranged in a four-window range.

The nearly symmetrical front elevation includes shallow projecting parapeted wings, which are highlighted on the ground floor by three pilasters that are closer together near the doorways, leading to a moulded band. The overhanging eaves are supported by paired brackets. The doorways feature rectangular overlights with margin panes and eight-panel doors. The upper floors of the wings have semicircular-arched recesses with lunettes on the second floor, and the windows are fitted with 6/6-pane sashes, while the second floor has 3/6-pane windows.

The rear elevation is also symmetrical with a four-window range, showcasing a banded ashlar ground floor and a wide moulded band on the second floor. The ground-floor windows have raised surrounds with incised jambs, and there are architraves above with raised cornices on the first floor, along with eared architraves on the second floor. First-floor balconies are adorned with moulded cast-iron railings and brackets.

The property 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.