Number 47 And Attached Cast Iron Railings

BRISTOL

ST5872NW PARK STREET 901-1/15/170 (South West side) 04/03/77 No.47 and attached cast-iron railings (Formerly Listed as: PARK STREET Nos.47 AND 49)

GV II

Attached house, now shop. 1762. By Thomas Paty. With shop front of c1860. Brick with limestone dressings, lateral stacks and pantile hipped roof. Double-depth plan. Mid Georgian style. 3 storeys; 3-window range. A symmetrical elevation has a pedimented centre broken forward, quoins to outer corners, first-floor sill band, cornice and parapet. 2-window left return has a good late C19 shop front with granite Corinthian columns and entablature blocks to 3 semicircular arches, narrower in the middle, with moulded labels to head stops, moulded keys and medallions in the spandrels; plate-glass windows and central door. The shop front has 2 late C19 semicircular-arched ground-floor windows to the left of a pilaster strip, and 3 similar arches with alternate faceted blocks to the jambs. First-floor windows have Gibbs surrounds, second-floor windows have eared architraves with sill blocks, to sashes with single glazing bars. A round sunken panel to the pediment. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings have twisted balusters and lattice rails. Originally a matching pair to No.49 Park Street (qv). One of the best Victorian shop fronts in Bristol. (Ison W: The Georgian Buildings of Bristol: Bath: 1952-: 212).

Listing NGR: ST5822072976