20, Christmas Steps is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 December 1994. House. 3 related planning applications.

20, Christmas Steps

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 December 1994
Type
House
Address
20, Christmas Steps, BS1 5BS
OS grid reference
ST 586 731
Coordinates
51.45617, -2.59668
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 20 Christmas Steps is an attached house that has been converted into a shop and office. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of render and brick, featuring a brick lateral stack and a pantile roof. The building has a single-depth plan and stands three storeys high with a three-window range. The façade is parapeted and includes a 20th-century shop front, with 6/6-pane sash windows above in flush frames, which are recessed and horned on the second floor. The left side of the building has a lateral stack and two irregularly-placed windows. The interior was remodeled in the 20th century. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

20, Christmas Steps 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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