Number 6 And Attached Front Basement Walls And Piers

Number 6 is an attached house located in Dowry Square, Hotwells, built around 1725 by George Tully. The building features stucco over brick, with brick gable and party wall stacks, and has a pantile double-pile roof. It is designed in the early Georgian style and consists of three storeys, an attic, and a basement, with a two-window range. This house is part of a terrace of three houses, characterized by rusticated pilaster strips, moulded bands at the ground and first floors, and a moulded coping. The central entrance wing extends across the corner of the square.

The right-hand doorway has a plain bracketed canopy, a three-pane overlight, and a six-panel door. The windows feature lintels with five rusticated voussoirs, with 4/4-pane sashes in flush frames, and 9/9 sashes on the ground floor left with fixed upper lights. There is a slate hipped dormer on the roof. The rear elevation has a five-window range with 4/4-pane sashes in exposed frames and three slate-hung dormers with 6/6-pane sashes.

Inside, there is a dogleg stair with square newels, a moulded pine handrail, and turned balusters. The left-hand ground-floor room is panelled and features a shell niche and a brown marble surround to the fireplace. The building also includes attached front basement area walls and piers. Dowry Square was laid out by Tully in 1720, with construction continuing until 1750. Originally, each side of the square had a five-window middle house and outer three-window houses, which have since been altered and mostly rendered in various designs. A plaque notes that Sir Humphrey Davy lived here from 1799 to 1801.