48 To 58 (Even) And Attached Basement Area Railings

This is a terrace of six houses, numbers 48 to 58 (even), along with attached basement area railings, built around 1822. The houses are located on Granby Hill, Clifton, in Bristol. They are built with a rendered exterior, limestone dressings, brick party wall stacks, and a pantile mansard roof. The design is in a late Georgian style, with a double-depth plan.

The terrace is three storeys high, with an attic and basement, and typically has a two-window range, although number 58 has one window and number 48 has three. The terrace has an irregular, stepped appearance with a moulded coping that ramps up between numbers 48 and 52. The doorways are primarily on the right-hand side, with the exception of numbers 56 and 58 which have entrances on the left. Doorways feature consoles supporting open pediments, a cornice above the entrance to number 48, and rectangular overlights; number 50 has a three-lozenge-pane overlight, while numbers 50 and 52 have wrought-iron lamp brackets.

The window fenestration is varied; originally 6/6-pane sashes were present. Numbers 50 and 52 now have late 19th-century tripartite ground-floor windows. Nos. 48-54 have shallow canted oriels, with numbers 48 and 50 featuring timber pilaster jambs and cornices, along with 8/8-pane and flanking 4/4-pane sashes. Number 58 has a single-storey left-hand extension. Number 48 has first- and second-floor balconies with pointed-arched railings, quatrefoils, flat stanchions, and a tented roof. Varied dormers are also present.

The interior of number 48 includes an entrance hall divided by a semicircular arch to a dogleg winder stair with an uncut string, stick balusters, column newels, and a ramped, banded rail. There is a flagged basement with a vaulted cistern underneath, as well as fire surrounds and a rear kitchen. Timber fire surrounds are visible, and the front first-floor room has a cast-iron hob grate and blue tiled back. Further features include 6-panel doors with brass catches and panelled shutters. Number 50 features panelled doors and shutters, cupboards with panelled doors, cast-iron grates to fireplaces, and an early 19th-century staircase. An exceptionally complete early 19th-century kitchen is located in the basement, and includes a stone flag floor, a built-in dresser with drawers and cupboards, a stone sink, a pump, and spitracks set above. A keyed stone fireplace has a cast-iron range flanked by a copper to the left, and a bread oven with a cast-iron door to the right.

The wrought-iron railings to the front basement area are varied and are located at numbers 48 to 54.