Dowry Parade and Attached Front Basement Area Railings and Gates

This is a house built between 1763 and 1764 in Hotwells, Bristol. It was constructed by Benjamin Probert and Robert Comfort, and designed in the style of Thomas Paty. The house is built of red brick with limestone dressings, a brick party wall, and has brick stacks and a pantile double-depth roof. It is an early Georgian style building with a double-depth plan.

The house has three storeys, an attic, and a basement, and features a two-window front. The facade is articulated by rusticated pilaster strips and a moulded coping. The left-hand doorway has a bracketed pediment, a Gibbs surround with split keys and angled voussoirs, a rectangular plate-glass overlight, and a six-panel door. The windows to the right of the entrance have five stepped voussoirs and contain six-panel sashes in flush frames, with a hipped dormer above. Steps lead down to open basement areas, with arched cellars beneath the deep flagged pavement. The rear elevation has a full-height hipped projection to the left. The interior has not been inspected.

Attached to the front and basement area are cast-iron railings and gates with urn finials. Several speculative builders contributed to the construction, using designs influenced by Thomas Paty.