Number 13 And Attached Front Area Railings

Number 13 and the attached front area railings comprise three attached houses and a former dispensary, dating from 1823. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar with a pantile roof, and follows a double-depth plan. It is two storeys high with a basement, and features a five-window front. The symmetrical facade has rusticated pilaster strips extending to a deep moulded cornice and parapet, with a raised central panel inscribed “CLIFTON DISPENSARY/1823”. A raised Roman Doric porch has curved Pennant stone steps on either side, an entablature and parapet, a wide semicircular-arched doorway with a reeded architrave, fanlight, margin lights, and a six-panel door. Side doorways have pilaster jambs and moulded lintels, plate-glass overlights, and six-panel doors. The tripartite windows have pilaster jambs to moulded lintels; the basement windows have plain sashes with six-pane divisions.

The interior features an entrance hall leading to an axial passage, and a rear central staircase with a quarter landing, stick balusters, column newels, a ramped wreathed rail and curtail. The right-hand staircase has been removed. Other interior details include reeded architraves with roundels, marble fireplaces with roundels, and good cast-iron fireplaces.

Attached to the front are wrought-iron basement area and porch railings with urn finials. This building is noted as a significant early example of tripartite windows in Bristol, a feature that would become characteristic of later villas and terraces, and is attributed to an architect described as being of experience and learning. The building’s group value lies in its contribution to the architectural character of its setting, and is a notable example of early 19th-century design.