3, 4 and 5, Colston Parade

This is a group of three houses at 3, 4, and 5 Colston Parade, built around 1762. They are constructed with a stucco exterior on a rubble base, dressed with limestone, and have brick party wall stacks and a pantile mansard roof. The houses are arranged with a double-depth plan and are in a mid-Georgian style, each being three storeys high with an attic, basement, and a two-window front.

The ground floor has banded rustication with incised voussoirs, a plat band, cornice, and parapet. The party walls are coped. Numbers 3 and 5 have doorways on the left side, while number 4 has its doorway on the right. Each doorway features a Gibbs surround, a stepped key, brackets supporting the pediments, and a six-panel door. The windows are six-over-six pane sashes with a cambered top, and there are hipped dormers with casements in the roof. Boot scrapers are located beside the doors, and basement access is provided via grilles in the pavement.

Inside number 4, the entrance hall is divided by a semicircular arch supported on fluted brackets with a panelled soffit. A prominent open-well staircase features three column-on-vase balusters per tread, plain column balusters leading to the attic, column newels, and a ramped, wreathed handrail. The interior has panelled wainscot, modillion cornices, ceiling roses, fireplaces, and eared overmantels. There are four-panel doors on the upper floors, with two panels in the attic. The basement contains a segmental arch, gun brackets above, a copper, and a vaulted front basement with steps leading up to the pavement. This terrace is part of a larger development that includes numbers 1 and 2 Colston Parade. The door surrounds are similar to those at numbers 2-7 King Square, and are possibly the work of Thomas Paty.