29, Princess Victoria Street

BRISTOL

ST5673SE PRINCESS VICTORIA STREET, Clifton 901-1/7/940 (South East side) 06/03/72 No.29

GV II

Bank. c1908. By H Dare Bryan or RH Drake. Limestone ashlar, roof not visible. Double-depth plan. Edwardian Baroque style. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. A symmetrical front has ground- and first-floor cornices and a blind attic storey. A wide entrance with Tuscan columns to a full-width entablature, linked by 3 Gibbsian blocks to banded ground floor either side, with plate-glass sashes with carved leaf branches to the lintel and a plain block above. Deeply recessed half-glazed doors. The first-floor has a recessed centre under a segmental arch, with Ionic pilasters to the side sections with festoon from the capitals, to an entablature and modillion cornice; the central window has an architrave, large split key and an open pediment, with a raised panel above, French windows, with cast-iron railings in front of intersecting circles. Outer windows have architraves, tall keys and festoon. The central volute key and block disects the parapet, raised sections each side with cornices and panels with swag and wreaths. INTERIOR: rebuilt behind the facade 1974, and linked with No.31 (qv). Possibly planned as a symmetrical group but the left-hand section not completed. (Gomme A: Street Index of Buildings of Architectural or Historic Interest: 48).

Listing NGR: ST5698773003