1-9, Queen Square

A terrace of nine houses at 1-9 Queen Square, Bristol, now offices, was built in 1833 by Henry Rumley. Constructed of limestone ashlar, the buildings feature party wall stacks and a hidden roof. They are arranged with a double-depth plan and are in a Neoclassical style.

Each house is three storeys high, with an attic and basement, and has a symmetrical three-window front. The basement has panelled pilasters and bands; above this, pilasters rise to anthemion capitals, a frieze, cornice, and an attic storey topped with a cornice. The paired doorways have fluted pilasters supporting an entablature and cornice, with good rectangular fanlights featuring round glazing bars and two-panel doors. An entrance is located in the right return of No. 9. The windows are mostly 6/6-pane sashes, with 3/3-pane sashes in the attic. Wrought-iron tented balconies with anthemia to the railings and Greek key decoration to the stanchions are found at Nos 2 & 6-9.

The interiors vary but include a central hall divided by fluted pilasters to a semicircular panelled arch leading to an open dogleg staircase with turned balusters and curtail. Other features include guilloche cornices, six-panel doors, and panelled shutters.

Queen Square itself was developed between 1701 and 1727, and the north side was rebuilt following the Reform Bill riots of 1831.