Emmaus House And Attached Front Garden Wall

BRISTOL

ST5772NW HENSMAN'S HILL, Clifton 901-1/14/873 (South side) 08/01/59 Emmaus House and attached front garden wall (Formerly Listed as: HENSMAN'S HILL (South side) Clifton Grove)

GV II

Attached house, now convent. Early C18. Flemish-bond brick with limestone dressings, gable stacks, roof not visible. Double-depth plan. Early Georgian style. 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range. A symmetrical front of red brick with yellow headers, rusticated pilaster strips through a ground-floor string, first-floor cornice and moulded parapet coping. Mid C18 doorway has pilasters to an open pediment, semicircular-arched doorway with a teardrop fanlight and lantern, and door with 6 raised panels. Windows have rubbed brick flat arches with keys, 6/6-pane sashes in exposed frames, 3/3-panes to the attic. Semicircular stair windows in the right return. INTERIOR: entrance hall with a semicircular panelled arch to a rear right-hand open dogleg stair with column balusters, column newels and moulded ramped rail, and early C19 marble fireplace. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached squared coursed front garden wall to NE with panelled ashlar piers, spear-headed cast-iron gates and railings. (Gomme A: Street Index of Buildings of Architectural or Historic Interest: 30).

Listing NGR: ST5717572885