Freeland Court

BRISTOL

ST5672NE HOTWELL ROAD, Hotwells 901-1/13/1453 (North side) 06/09/74 Nos.306 AND 308 Freeland Court (Formerly Listed as: HOTWELL ROAD (North side) Nos.302-308 (Even))

GV II*

House. Dated 1709 by owner. Stucco with limestone and Pennant dressings, rendered lateral and party wall stacks and a pantile hipped roof. L-shaped double-depth plan. Early Georgian style. 3 storeys and cellar; 5-window range. Built to 2 sides of a corner with 2:3 windows, the doorway to the right of the re-entrant; rusticated left-hand pilaster strip, Pennant rubble strings to each floor and a moulded parapet coping. The entrance has a 2-pane overlight and 6-panel door. Brick flat arches with limestone keys to 6/6-pane sashes in exposed frames. 1-window range in the left return. The rear has a full-height projecting extension overlapping the party wall with No.304 (qv), rubble strings, and alternate 6/6 and 12/12-pane sashes. Rear side elevation has stepped first- and second-floor 6/6-pane stair lights. Extensive vaulted brick cellars, reported to reach the river. Former coach house attached to rear (not included). INTERIOR: a very complete early C18 interior with much original panelling. Entrance hall with an open-well stair with column-on-vase balusters, 3 per tread, ramped, moulded rail and curtail; raised and fielded ground-floor panelling has cupboards flanking the fireplace with curved shelving and HL-hinges, cornice and dado and window seats, and shutters; panelling on the upper floors, and fireplace cupboards with moulded tops; plain limestone fire surrounds, good cast-iron hob grates in ground- and first-floor left-hand rooms; rear left-hand first-floor window has crown glass panes with C18 inscriptions.

Listing NGR: ST5675072536