Number 4 and Area Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1959. House, offices. 3 related planning applications.

Number 4 and Area Railings

WRENN ID
muffled-keep-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol East MP: Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 January 1959
Type
House, offices
Address
Number 4 and Area Railings, Broad Plain, BS2 0JP
OS grid reference
ST 596 729
Coordinates
51.45414, -2.58253
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 4 is a house, now used as offices, built around 1760. It features roughcast walls, brick end stacks, and a pantile roof. The building has a double-depth plan and stands three stories high with a basement, presenting a symmetrical three-window facade. The central doorway is topped by an open pediment supported by pilasters, leading to a six-panel door and a plain fanlight. On either side of the entrance are two-storey canted bays, which have an entablature with triglyphs at the ground floor and a cornice at the first floor. The windows include 6/6-pane sashes flanking 8/8-pane sashes, with the upper windows featuring flush sash boxes, 6/6-pane sashes above the door, and paired 12/12-pane sashes above the bays.

Inside, there is a wide central through-hall with a modillion cornice and a flagged floor. A fine open-well staircase is located at the rear right, showcasing urn-and-column balusters, a wide curtail, a ramped handrail, and fluted panels. There is also a niche with a pastoral plasterwork scene at the head, along with fireplaces in the hall and upstairs rooms. The cellars are notable for their round-arched vaults.

The property is complemented by wrought-iron railings with small ball finials in the front area, which include an overthrow arch and an ashlar pier to the right. The left-hand bay is separated from the main house and has its own set of railings.

Local climate

Number 4 and Area Railings receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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