Description

BRISTOL

ST6176 PARK ROAD, Stapleton
901-1/29/1952 (East side)
No.52
Beaufort House and attached garden
wall

GV II

House. Early C18, with late C19 front. Render over Pennant
rubble and limestone ashlar dressings, pantile hipped roof and
rendered stacks. Double-depth, central hall plan.
2 storeys and attic; 5-window range, 2-window range in left
side block. Symmetrical front with rusticated quoins, sill
bands, modillion cornice and parapet with open lattice
sections. Central porch with Ionic 3/4 columns, entablature
and dentil cornice, with an open lattice parapet above.
Elaborate ground- and first-floor windows with aprons, moulded
cills on flat brackets, shouldered architraves with deep
moulded keys and cornices on ground floor, plate-glass sashes;
4/4 plain sashes in the left-hand block; 3 attic dormers.
INTERIOR: large hall with an open-well stair with quarter
landings at the back of the house, with fluted newel posts
rising between floors and pyramid pendants below, barley sugar
balusters; an elaborate panelled plaster ceiling in the front
right room with deeply undercut fruit and flowers.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached garden wall, ramped at either
end, with central gate piers with pineapples.

Listing NGR: ST6168076158

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26498020

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)