Dowry Parade

BRISTOL

ST5672NE HOTWELL ROAD, Hotwells 901-1/13/1446 (South East side) 08/01/59 Nos.289 AND 291 Dowry Parade

GV II

House, now pair of attached houses. 1763-4. Divided c1790. Built by Benjamin Probert and Robert Comfort, in the style of Thomas Paty. Red brick with limestone dressings, large brick party wall stacks and a pantile double-depth roof. Double-depth plan. Mid Georgian style. 3 storeys, attic and basement; 5-window range. A symmetrical front has rusticated pilaster strips to a moulded coping. Paired central doorways have raised ashlar surrounds with imposts and a cornice, semicircular arches with plate-glass fanlights and C20 doors. 5 stepped voussoirs to 6/6-pane sashes in flush frames, and 2 raking dormers; the middle windows across the party wall are blocked. Steps down to open basement areas, and arched cellars beneath the deep flagged pavement; formerly with railings. The rear elevation has a projecting full-height central hipped section across the party wall. INTERIOR: entrance hall with a semicircular arch on brackets, a rear dogleg stair with stick balusters, column newels and ramped rails, and 6-panel doors. HISTORICAL NOTE: Doorcases with Gibbs surrounds and pediments such as survive on the single-fronted houses in the parade were replaced when the houses were divided. Various speculative builders were involved, using designs similar to those employed by Thomas Paty. (Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 202; Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bristol: Bath: 1952-: 202).

Listing NGR: ST5699372553