Numbers 5, 6 And 7 And Attached Front Area Railings

BRISTOL

ST5872NW UNITY STREET 901-1/15/308 (North West side) 08/01/59 Nos.5, 6 AND 7 and attached front area railings (Formerly Listed as: UNITY STREET Nos.1 AND 3-9 (Consecutive))

GV II

Terrace of 3 houses, now offices. Mid C18. Limestone ashlar with brick party wall stacks and a pantile roof, hipped to the left. Double-depth plan. Mid Georgian style. Each of 3 storeys, attic and basement; 3-window range. A stepped terrace has rusticated pilaster strips to a moulded coping, and a rusticated ground floor to a plat band. Left-hand doorcases have Ionic pilasters to pediments, segmental to Nos 5 & 7; Nos 6 & 7 have moulded semicircular-arched doorways with keys, fanlights and 6-panel doors; No.5 is flat headed with rusticated reveals. Segmental-headed windows to Nos 6 & 7, raised architraves to No.7, to 6/6-pane sashes, and plate glass to No.5. 2 hipped dormers each. INTERIOR: entrance hall with a panelled division from front room, and a modillion cornice, a semicircular arch with panelled reveals to a side dogleg stair with column-on-vase balusters, a moulded ramped rail and panelled wainscot; 6-panel doors and panelled shutters; carved timber fireplaces and panelled shutters. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: raised basement areas to Nos 5 & 6, with wrought-iron railings and urn finials. A continuous cornice with Nos 1, 3 & 4 (qv). (Gomme A: Street Index of Buildings of Architectural or Historic Interest: 69).

Listing NGR: ST5837472902