Freeland Court

Freeland Court is a house dated 1709, located on Hotwell Road in Bristol. It features stucco with limestone and Pennant dressings, rendered lateral and party wall stacks, and a pantile hipped roof. The building has an L-shaped double-depth plan and is designed in the early Georgian style, comprising three storeys and a cellar with a five-window range. It occupies two sides of a corner, displaying a two-to-three window arrangement, with the entrance situated to the right of the re-entrant. The façade includes a rusticated left-hand pilaster strip, Pennant rubble strings on each floor, and a moulded parapet coping. The entrance features a two-pane overlight and a six-panel door, with brick flat arches and limestone keys above the 6/6-pane sashes in exposed frames. The left return has a single-window range. The rear of the building has a full-height projecting extension that overlaps the party wall with No. 304, featuring rubble strings and alternating 6/6 and 12/12-pane sashes. The rear side elevation includes stepped first- and second-floor 6/6-pane stair lights. The extensive vaulted brick cellars are reported to reach the river, and there is a former coach house attached to the rear, although it is not included in the listing.

Inside, Freeland Court boasts a very complete early 18th-century interior with much original panelling. The entrance hall features an open-well stair with column-on-vase balusters, three per tread, along with a ramped, moulded rail and curtail. The ground-floor panelling is raised and fielded, with cupboards flanking the fireplace that include curved shelving and HL-hinges, as well as a cornice, dado, window seats, and shutters. The upper floors also have panelling, with fireplace cupboards that have moulded tops. Plain limestone fire surrounds and good cast-iron hob grates are present in the ground- and first-floor left-hand rooms. Notably, the rear left-hand first-floor window contains crown glass panes with 18th-century inscriptions.