10-14, SION HILL

A terrace of five shops, now houses, located on Sion Hill in Clifton, Bristol. The original structure dates to 1786 and was rebuilt around 1830. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar, with party wall stacks and roofs covered in slate, pantile, and interlocking tiles. It is an example of the late Georgian style.

The terrace is three storeys high, with an attic and basement, and each section originally had a two-window range. The design is articulated through pilasters, rising to a prominent cornice and a coped attic storey. The doorways on the left-hand side are framed with timber, featuring fluted pilasters, an entablature, and a moulded canopy. A distinctive good metal fanlight with oval and diagonal bars is present above the door at No. 13. The windows are primarily 6/6-pane sashes, taller on the first floor, with 3/3-pane sashes in the attic. Smaller, grilles cover the basement windows. Full-width wrought-iron balconies with arched anthemia, tented to Nos 10-12, project from the first floor. Rear windows are set within flush frames.

The interior includes an entrance hall with a semicircular arch leading to a dogleg winder staircase. This staircase features an uncut string, stick balusters, and column newels. A similar hall is found on the first floor, along with panelled shutters, 6-panel doors, and decorative fire surrounds.

A historical note details that in 1831, the terrace appeared in an engraving by TLS Rowbotham as an uneven row of houses with shop fronts, and was soon after converted to the current uniform terrace design.