Bishop'S House

BRISTOL

ST5772NW CLIFTON HILL, Clifton 901-1/14/776 (North West side) 08/01/59 Bishop's House

GV II*

House. Dated 1711. Possibly by John Strachan. Limestone ashlar, render, gable stacks and slate hipped roof. Double-depth plan. Early Georgian style. 2 storeys, attic and basement; 7-window range. A good symmetrical front with a 2-window left-hand wing; the central 1-window entrance section is banded and broken forward, banded outer pilasters, to a frieze and cornice, with a parapet with balustraded sections to the windows and urns on the corners. The doorway has fluted Ionic pilasters to a pulvinated frieze and segmental dated pediment, rectangular fanlight and 6-panel door. The window above has a pediment, keyed architraves and segmental heads, flat to the left-hand section, to 6/6-pane sashes. Tooled Pennant ground-floor quoin strip to the left-hand corner. INTERIOR: good joinery, large central entrance stair hall divided by a segmental arch with fluted pilasters, with half panelling, to a rear open-well stair with column-on-vase balusters, ramped moulded rail and a wide curtail; fully-panelled right-hand front room has a marble fire surround; panelled shutters and 6-panel doors. HISTORICAL NOTE: the first of an important group of early and mid C18 houses built in Clifton. Attribution on stylistic grounds. (Mowl T: To Build The Second City: Bristol: 1991-: 14; Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 123).

Listing NGR: ST5743972931