Numbers 12 to 15 (Consecutive) and Attached Front Railings and Gates is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1959. Terrace of houses. 2 related planning applications.

Numbers 12 to 15 (Consecutive) and Attached Front Railings and Gates

WRENN ID
rough-pinnacle-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 January 1959
Type
Terrace of houses
Address
Numbers 12 to 15 (Consecutive) and Attached Front Railings and Gates, King Square
OS grid reference
ST 588 738
Coordinates
51.46193, -2.59304
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 12 to 15 are a terrace of four houses built around 1772, possibly designed by Thomas Paty. They are constructed from brick with limestone dressings and feature brick party wall stacks, with the roof not visible. The houses are in a mid-Georgian style, each having three storeys, a basement, and an attic, arranged in a three-window range. The façades have two handed pairs with rusticated pilasters leading to a cornice and parapet. There are 20th-century porches over the outer doorways, which have segmental overlights and six-panel doors. The windows have cambered heads with five stepped voussoirs and fluted keys, featuring 6/6-pane horned sashes. The right-hand pair includes two slate, hipped dormers. The basements project, with steps leading up to the doorways.

Inside, numbers 14 and 15 are now interconnected. Number 15 has a fully-panelled front room with fluted Ionic pilasters beside a fine fireplace that includes carved fruit, rocaille, and an eared overmantel, along with a modillion cornice. There are fluted pilasters framing a semicircular hall arch that leads to an open-well staircase, which features three column-on-vase balusters per stair, column newels, and a ramped rail, as well as panelled shutters and doors. Similar details can be found in number 12.

The houses also have attached wrought-iron spiked railings and gates leading to the front steps and areas. King Square was laid out around 1742 by George Tully.

Local climate

Numbers 12 to 15 (Consecutive) and Attached Front Railings and Gates 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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