Number 11 And Attached Front Basement Railings And Piers

Number 11 is an attached house located in Dowry Square, Hotwells, Bristol, built in 1746 by George Tully for Richard Matthews. It features limestone ashlar and render over brick, with brick gable and party wall stacks, and a pantile double-pile roof. The house is designed in the early Georgian style and has three storeys, an attic, and a basement, arranged in a three-window range. It is one half of a pair, characterized by rusticated pilaster strips, moulded bands at the ground and first floors, and a moulded coping.

The doorway is symmetrically positioned between two ground-floor windows and is adorned with fluted Ionic pilasters, a pulvinated frieze, a segmental pediment, and an eight-panel door. The windows have cambered heads and keyed architraves, featuring 6/6-pane sashes, some with thick bars, and there is a single hipped dormer. The right-hand elevation has a five-window range of 6/6-pane sashes in flush frames and three slate-hung dormers.

Inside, the house boasts a grand entrance hall that is separated by a panelled elliptical arch from a rear open-well staircase with uncut string, column balusters, and a ramped moulded rail. The fine first-floor right-hand room is divided by a shallow arch with reeded and fluted jambs, a rocaille fire surround with rope-moulded cast-iron baskets, and features six- and two-panel doors, cornices, and panelled shutters. The brick-paved basement includes a niche with a tap, a hood for the hearth and fire surround, and a bread oven.

The property also includes subsidiary features such as attached walls, piers, and wrought-iron railings for the basement area. Dowry Square was laid out by Tully in 1720, with construction continuing until 1750. Each side of the square originally featured a five-window middle house and outer three-window houses, which were built of brick but have since been altered and mostly rendered in various designs.