Number 5 And Attached Front Basement Railings And Piers

Number 5 is a mid-18th century house, likely designed by Thomas Paty, situated on Dowry Square in the Hotwells district of Bristol. It was constructed in 1748 and planned as a symmetrical element alongside Number 4. The building is of brick construction with limestone dressings, brick gable and party wall stacks, and a pantile double-pile roof. It has a double-depth plan, arranged over three storeys, an attic, and a basement, and features a three-window front. The facade has rusticated pilaster strips extending to a moulded coping. The right-hand doorway is set within a plain ashlar surround with a cornice and contains a mid-19th century two-panel door with roundels and an integral rectangular overlight with margin panes. The windows are 6/6-pane sashes with stepped voussoirs above the cambered heads. Two hipped dormers are visible on the front roof slope. The rear elevation includes two hipped dormers and semicircular-arched stair lights. The interior remains uninspected. Attached to the front are wrought-iron spear-headed railings, gates, and capped piers leading to the entrance steps, representing a simpler design than that of Number 4. Dowry Square was laid out in 1720, and building continued until 1750. The square originally comprised five-window middle houses and outer three-window ones, constructed of brick, and now altered and mostly rendered to various designs.