153,155 AND 157, WHITELADIES ROAD

Nos. 153, 155, and 157 on Whiteladies Road in Bristol are a terrace of three houses built in 1856 by W.B. Gingell. Constructed from limestone ashlar with brick stacks and a concrete tiled hipped roof, these houses are designed in the Italianate style. They rise three storeys, with a basement and attic, and feature a symmetrical front with nine windows. The design includes matching two-window gabled wings with overhanging eaves and square outer towers, along with single-window range setback end blocks.

The corners are accentuated with banded pilasters, and there are quoins on the second floor, as well as bands that separate the floors. The right-hand ground floor is obscured by a 20th-century shop front, while the left-hand side has an open semicircular-arched porch leading to a two-panel door. The wings feature semicircular-arched keyed windows with plate-glass sashes, a Venetian window on the first floor, and paired windows above. The gables have small paired windows beneath a small oculus, and the towers contain triple windows with tall keys set in a recessed panel.

The central section has three semicircular arches leading to a ground-floor verandah with cast-iron railings and square piers, which have circles in the spandrels. Steps and balustrades lead up to a left-hand doorway, which includes a semicircular-arched doorway and French windows. The first-floor windows have segmental-arched projecting lintels above flat-headed French windows, while the second-floor windows feature bracketed cills and cornices, with brackets supporting the stone eaves. The attic is adorned with three large dormers topped by wide segmental pediments. Lateral stacks are capped with flared tops.

Inside, the houses have rear dogleg stairs with cast-iron balusters and wreathed rails, as well as rear stair lights with stained glass. The interiors also showcase egg-and-dart cornices and six-panel doors. No. 157 includes a late 19th-century ballroom at the rear, featuring a panelled fireplace, overmantel, frieze, cornice, and a balustrade leading to the entrance steps.