Number 10 And Attached Front Area Railings

Number 10 is an attached house built between 1717 and 1722, located on Orchard Street in Bristol. It features painted brick with limestone dressings, brick party wall stacks, and a pantile roof, showcasing an early Georgian style. The building has three storeys, an attic, and a basement, with a four-window range. Rusticated pilaster strips run through moulded strings at each floor, leading to a moulded parapet coping.

The right-hand doorway is adorned with a timber bracketed open pediment, an architrave with an over-light that contains a decorative metal fanlight, and a five-panel door with the top four panels raised. The windows have keyed brick flat arches, including a small 4/4-pane sash to the right of the doorway, two horned 6/6-pane sashes to the left, and hornless 6/6-pane sashes above. A hipped dormer is present on the roof.

Inside, the entrance stair hall features a beautifully designed rocaille ceiling. The ground-floor rooms are fully panelled and connected by a wide elliptical arch supported by fluted pilasters. The front room has an eared fire surround with a rocaille panel above it. The open-well stair is notable for its barleysugar balusters per tread, a fluted newel, and a curtail with a ramped, moulded rail. The stair divides at the half-landing, leading to a short flight to the rear service block. The first-floor fire surround includes a swag, and there are panelled shutters and four-panel doors throughout. The cellars are brick and tunnel vaulted.

The property also features attached wrought-iron front area railings with finials. Number 10 was laid out by the Corporation as part of a terrace with numbers 10 to 13, although it was built by separate developers. It forms a group with the other buildings on Orchard and Unity Streets.