Laurel Terrace

Laurel Terrace is a group of five houses built in 1900. It is situated on the south east side of Laurel Gardens in Yatton. The houses are constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with limestone dressings, and the first floor is rendered. The roof is tiled with a battered ridge and gable stacks, featuring double Roman tiles to the rear slopes with brickwork. The architectural style is late Victorian vernacular, with a symmetrical front elevation.

The houses are two storeys high, with gabled bays slightly projecting on either side, and the central two bays set forward as a large gabled block. The bay to the left and right each contain a five-light window to both the ground and first floors, featuring plate-glass with a transom and four panes above the transom. The ground floor windows have a segmental head, while the upper parts of the gables have applied timber framing and plain bargeboards. The two bays to the right and left of the central section have a pair of decorative strap-hinged doors within a round-headed opening, each featuring a three-pane fanlight and two three-pane sidelights. Above the doors are two three-light casements. The bays to the right and left of the central section have a roofline that slopes down to a slightly lower eaves level, with a slightly advanced window. The ground floor has a segmental-headed five-light window, and the upper floor a long five-light window with mullions. A raking three-light dormer is situated above. The central, gabled two bays have a canted bay to the left with three lights to the front and one to each side, with plate-glass and four panes above the transom. A wide round-arched opening is on the right, with a battered wall. There is a similar door and a two-light casement above, both with transoms and upper lights. The first floor has a five-light window to the left and a three-light window to the right, both similar casements with transoms and upper lights. Applied timber framing is present in the gable, including a datestone within a shield shape. A moulded limestone string course runs at first-floor sill level around all but the central two bays, returning to the sides and sweeping out to meet the string. The building has five courses of rubble forming a very battered plinth. Applied timber framing is present on the gable ends. The rear of the terrace features four narrow, two-storey wings constructed of rubble and brick, with plate-glass windows.