Number 16 (Part)

This is a terrace of five attached pairs of houses, built around 1796 by William Paty. The terrace, originally known as Prince of Wales' Crescent, is located in Clifton, Bristol, and includes a portion of Number 16 The Paragon. The houses are constructed with rendered walls, limestone dressings, a brick party wall, and have lateral stacks and pantile and slate mansard roofs. They are arranged over three storeys, with an attic and basement, and each house originally had three windows across the front.

The design is characteristic of the Late Georgian style, with articulated facades featuring pilaster strips, a plat band, cornice, and parapet. Nos. 7 and 8 were particularly distinguished by a central pediment incorporating a relief depicting the Black Prince and Prince of Wales' feathers. The original doorways were paired and set forward, linked by single-storey blocks. Doorways feature pilaster strips, semicircular arches with fanlights, and six-panel doors, the upper panels glazed.

Notable features include an ashlar porch to No. 1, and a bow window to No. 3 with triple-horned ground-floor windows. No. 4 has a second storey added with a raking parapet and an oculus, while No. 5 has a similar addition with plate-glass sashes. No. 6 boasts a banded porch with a moulded coping, a recessed doorway with a rectangular fanlight, and an extended right-hand block. Nos. 7 and 8 have full-height side blocks, with No. 8 featuring an 1830 Greek-style porch. Nos. 9 and 10 also have full-height side blocks with porches similar to No. 8.

The interiors are characterised by entrance halls with dogleg staircases featuring stick balusters, a ramped rail, and a curtail. Stone fire surrounds, six-panel doors, and panelled shutters are also present. This terrace represents a "quasi-semi-detached" form of terrace, which first appeared in London and became popular during the Regency period. Alterations have been made to the link blocks, but the terrace remains a significant example of its type.