Banker'S House, To Rear Of Number 35

BRISTOL

ST5872NE CORN STREET, Centre 901-1/16/562 (North West side) 01/11/66 Banker's House, to rear of No.35

GV II*

House, now office. c1760, restored c1990. Stucco over brick with limestone dressings, right-hand lateral stack and slate roof. Double-depth plan with a central stairwell. Mid Georgian style. 3 storeys, attic and basement; 3-window range. A symmetrical front open to a small courtyard, with 6/6-pane sashes, cornice and parapet. INTERIOR: extensively restored, with panelled wainscot and reeded dados, enriched plaster cornices, panelled shutters and 6-panel doors; marble-flagged stair hall with black stone insets, lateral open-well stair with ramped, wreathed mahogany rail, stick balusters with periodic wrought-iron adorsal panels with gilded rosettes, and curtail, with a dogleg rear attic service stair, and an oval window from the first-floor half-landing to small side room; semicircular arches on fluted pilasters to stair hall and landings, elliptical arches to rear ground-floor room, which has an Adam-style plaster fire surround and blue tiles in the hearth, a delicate fluted oval batswing ceiling rose surrounded by running leaves to first-floor front room, and a good marble fire surround with insert strips, and a rocaille panel and cast-iron hob grate; rear fire surrounds with architraves and cast-iron hob grates; vaulted cellars with brick stores and slate shelves. An unusually complete mid Georgian house surviving within the city centre.

Listing NGR: ST5874472998