Numbers 5, 6 and 7 and Attached Front Area Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1959. House. 1 related planning application.

Numbers 5, 6 and 7 and Attached Front Area Railings

WRENN ID
dusk-string-holly
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
Numbers 5, 6 and 7 and Attached Front Area Railings, Unity Street
OS grid reference
ST 583 729
Coordinates
51.45356, -2.60046
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Numbers 5, 6, and 7 are a terrace of three houses, now used as offices, dating from the mid-18th century. They are constructed of limestone ashlar with brick party wall stacks and feature a hipped pantile roof on the left. The buildings have a double-depth plan and are designed in a mid-Georgian style, standing three storeys tall with an attic and basement, and arranged in a three-window range.

The terrace includes a stepped design with rusticated pilaster strips and a moulded coping, while the ground floor is rusticated with a plat band. The left-hand doorcases are adorned with Ionic pilasters and pediments, with segmental pediments for Nos 5 and 7. Nos 6 and 7 have moulded semicircular-arched doorways featuring keys, fanlights, and six-panel doors, while No. 5 has a flat-headed doorway with rusticated reveals. The windows on Nos 6 and 7 are segmental-headed with raised architraves, fitted with 6/6-pane sashes, while No. 5 has plate glass windows. Each house has two hipped dormers.

Inside, the entrance hall is separated from the front room by a panelled division and features a modillion cornice. There is a semicircular arch leading to a side dogleg stair with column-on-vase balusters, a moulded ramped rail, and panelled wainscot. The interiors also include six-panel doors, panelled shutters, and carved timber fireplaces.

The front areas of Nos 5 and 6 have raised basements with wrought-iron railings and urn finials. The terrace has a continuous cornice that connects with Nos 1, 3, and 4.

Local climate

Numbers 5, 6 and 7 and Attached Front Area Railings 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Numbers 8 and 9 and Attached Front Area Railings Grade II 19 m
  2. 1,3 and 4, Unity Street Grade II 29 m
  3. Number 10 and Attached Front Area Railings Grade II* 38 m
  4. Number 11 and Attached Front Area Railings Grade II* 45 m
  5. The Hatchet Public House Grade II 45 m
  6. Numbers 27, 28 and 29 and Attached Front Area Railings and Gates Grade II* 50 m
  7. Number 12 and Front Area Railings Grade II* 53 m
  8. Central Chambers Grade II 60 m
  9. Park Street Viaduct Grade II 61 m
  10. Church of St Mark, Lord Mayor's Chapel Grade I 66 m