Numbers 18-21 And Attached Area Railings

Numbers 18-21 Portland Square form a terrace of four houses built between 1789 and 1820 by Daniel Hague. Number 21 was entirely rebuilt around 1970. The houses are constructed of limestone ashlar with brick stacks and a slate mansard roof. They are designed with a double-depth plan and are in a late Georgian style. Each house has three storeys, a basement, and an attic, with a three-window front. The design is part of a formal composition interrupted by St Paul's Church. The end houses project slightly, and Number 21 has an ashlar attic. The facades feature rusticated ground floors, pilasters rising from the first-floor plat band to a modillion cornice and a parapet. The left-hand doorcases have Ionic columns and modillion pediments, with batswing fanlights above six-panel doors. The ground-floor windows have rusticated voussoirs, while those above have plain voussoirs, all containing 6/6-pane sashes. The interiors have largely been rebuilt behind the original facades; Number 21 was destroyed around 1940 and the current building is a replica, built to complete the terrace. The property includes spear railings to the basement areas. Portland Square is described as one of Bristol's "most complete and beautiful squares."