52 And 53, Queen Square

52 and 53 Queen Square are a pair of attached houses built around 1833 in Bristol. They are constructed from limestone ashlar and feature gable stacks and a pantile roof, following a double-depth plan in a Neoclassical style. Each house has three storeys and an attic, with a two-window range. The party walls have recessed strips, and the ground floor is banded to a plat band, frieze, cornice, and parapet. The outer doorways are adorned with fluted pilasters leading to an entablature and cornice, with rectangular overlights and four-panel doors. The ground floor windows are 8/8-pane sashes, while the upper floors have 6/6-pane sashes, with pedimented lintels featuring wreaths on the first floor. No. 53 has two dormers, while No. 52 has one. The interior has been extensively modernised, including an entrance hall with a guilloche cornice and a rear lateral open dogleg stair with turned balusters and a ramped rail. Queen Square itself was developed between 1701 and 1727, with much of the west side being rebuilt after the 1831 Reform Bill riots.