55, Queen Square is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1959. Attached house. 2 related planning applications.
55, Queen Square
- WRENN ID
- ghost-brass-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1959
- Type
- Attached house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BRISTOL
ST5872NE QUEEN SQUARE 901-1/16/212 (West side) 08/01/59 No.55
GV II
Attached house. Early C18. Stucco over brick with limestone dressings, gable stacks and a pantile roof. Double-depth plan. Early Georgian style. 3 storeys and attic; 3-window range. A near-symmetrical front has rusticated quoins to boxed eaves. Doorway with a good shell-hood on acanthus brackets and 4-panel door. Plate-glass sashes in exposed frames, and a wide C20 dormer. INTERIOR: central lateral dogleg winder stair, 2-panel doors with HL hinges, and fireplaces with eared surrounds. HISTORICAL NOTE: Queen Square was built between 1701 and 1727, to varied width leases and similar designs. No.55 survived the destruction of much of the W side in the 1831 Reform Bill riots. (Andor Gomme, Michael Jenner and Bryan Little: Bristol An architectural history: Bristol: 1979-: 95; Walter Ison: The Georgian Buildings of Bristol: Bath: 1952-: 140).
Listing NGR: ST5867572564
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