49 And 50, Queen Square

BRISTOL

ST5872NE QUEEN SQUARE 901-1/16/208 (West side) 08/01/59 Nos.49 AND 50 (Formerly Listed as: QUEEN SQUARE (West side) Nos.46-55 (Consecutive))

GV II

Pair of attached houses. c1780. Brick with limestone dressings, party wall stacks and a pantile mansard roof. Double-depth plan. Each of 3 storeys, attic and basement; 2-window range. A symmetrical pair has a first-floor sill band, cornice band and parapet; paired doorways to the middle, set in shallow recesses, have rubbed brick flat arches with cambered heads, plate-glass overlights and 6-panel doors. Cambered heads with 5 stepped voussoirs to single ground-floor 8/8-pane sashes, and upper 6/6-pane sashes, with 2 dormers each. INTERIOR: entrance hall with panelled semicircular arch to a rear dogleg stair with stick balusters, curtail and wreathed rail; cornice with palmettes in the corners; fireplaces, 6-panel doors and panelled shutters. Queen Square was built between 1701 and 1727. Much of the W side was rebuilt after the Reform Bill riots of 1831. (Gomme A: Street Index of Buildings of Architectural or Historic Interest: 50; Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 94).

Listing NGR: ST5866872524