4, Christmas Steps is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Shop and house. 1 related planning application.

4, Christmas Steps

WRENN ID
quiet-balcony-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 March 1977
Type
Shop and house
Address
4, Christmas Steps, BS1 5BS
OS grid reference
ST 586 731
Coordinates
51.45604, -2.59679
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a late 18th century house, now a shop and residence. It is located on Christmas Steps in Bristol. The building is constructed of brick with limestone dressings and has a pantile roof. It follows a double-depth plan and is of a late Georgian style, comprising three storeys and a basement. The front features a 19th century shop front with pilasters supporting a fascia, a central doorway, and four-pane windows. A right-hand door is comprised of eight panels. Brick-arched heads are visible above the eight/eight-pane sash windows on the first floor, while the second floor has plate-glass sashes. The interior of the building has not been inspected.

Local climate

4, 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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