4 And 5, Charles Street

BRISTOL

ST5873NE CHARLES STREET, Stokes Croft 901-1/5/2020 (North West side) 08/01/59 Nos.4 AND 5

GV II*

Pair of attached houses. Early C18. Brick with limestone dressings, a tall brick party wall stack and pantile hipped roof. Double-depth plan. Early Georgian style. Each of 3 storeys and basement; 2-window range. Moulded coping, and possibly originally with pilasters; the ground floor is raised on a projecting basement, with steps up to the outer doorways which have deep timber canopies on horizontal brackets, a segmental head to 3-pane overlight and 6-panel door, the top glazed. Segmental arches with 5 stepped voussoirs to 6/6-pane sashes in flush frames; 2 lead-clad hipped dormers. The basement front wall is brick with 2 low doorways. INTERIOR: No.4, entrance hall divided by a semicircular arch, with a fully-panelled internal wall; the front room has bolection-moulded fireplace and window seats; a central, lateral dogleg winder stair has column balusters and newels, and a ramped, toadback rail; 2 panel shutters and 4-panel doors. HISTORICAL NOTE: the home of Charles Wesley from 1749-71.

Listing NGR: ST5893873659