Numbers 1 to 6 and Attached Area Railings is a Grade I listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1959. A Late Georgian Terrace, houses. 5 related planning applications.

Numbers 1 to 6 and Attached Area Railings

WRENN ID
gentle-pediment-merlin
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 January 1959
Type
Terrace, houses
Period
Late Georgian
Address
Numbers 1 to 6 and Attached Area Railings, Portland Square, BS2 8RR
OS grid reference
ST 593 736
Coordinates
51.46048, -2.58599
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 1 to 6 are a terrace of six houses built between 1789 and 1820 by Daniel Hague. Constructed from limestone ashlar with brick stacks and a slate mansard roof, these houses are designed in the late Georgian style and feature a double-depth plan. Each house has three storeys, a basement, and an attic, arranged in a three-window range. They form part of a symmetrical layout on the west side of Portland Square, with the end houses slightly projecting and featuring an ashlar attic storey.

The ground floor is rusticated, with pilasters extending from the first-floor plat band to a modillion cornice and parapet. The doorcases on the right side have Ionic columns and modillion pediments, along with batswing fanlights and six-panel doors. The ground-floor windows have rusticated voussoirs, while the upper windows have plain voussoirs, with six-over-six pane sashes. The end gables include a large central semicircular-arched doorway with a Gibbs surround and a similar stair window above.

Inside, the structure was largely rebuilt around 1974, although the facades were preserved, and there are restored lateral, curved open-well stairs in the middle. The terrace also features spear railings to the basement areas. This group of houses is noted as part of Bristol's "most complete and beautiful square."

Local climate

Numbers 1 to 6 and Attached Area Railings 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 — 10 transactions since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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