Number 3 and Attached Front Area Railings and Rear Garden Wall is a Grade II* listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1959. House. 3 related planning applications.

Number 3 and Attached Front Area Railings and Rear Garden Wall

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 January 1959
Type
House
Address
Number 3 and Attached Front Area Railings and Rear Garden Wall, Great George Street, BS1 5RR
OS grid reference
ST 581 729
Coordinates
51.45401, -2.603
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

House, dating from 1789 and designed by William Paty, now used as an office. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar, with coursed Pennant rubble, brick gable stacks, and a pantile mansard roof. It follows a double-depth plan and is in a mid-Georgian style. The three-storey structure, with an attic and basement, has a three-window front. The symmetrical facade features rusticated pilaster strips and a modillion cornice with a balustrade. There’s rustication to the ground floor, marked by a plat band, and a sill band to the first floor. The central doorway has a Gibbs surround and a flat canopy, leading to a six-panel door. The ground-floor windows have rusticated voussoirs, while the first-floor windows have plate-glass sashes with 6/6 panes, and the second floor has 3/3-pane sashes; three dormers are present. The left-hand return features a semicircular-arched stair light on the first floor. The rear elevation is rendered and has a full-height, right-hand canted bay.

The interior includes a central stair hall with an open-well stair that curves and ramps, featuring a wreathed rail, column balusters, and wainscot. A niche to the left of the front door has key and impost details. The stair light has panelled reveals and a rocaille soffit, alongside cornices with festoons. A basement fireplace is present with decorative tiles. Original features include six-panel doors and panelled shutters.

Attached to the property are cast-iron front area railings and gates, curving up to the front door, along with a rear rubble garden wall. The group value is enhanced by the building’s architectural significance and historical importance to Bristol.

Local climate

Number 3 and Attached Front Area Railings and Rear Garden Wall receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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