Description

BRISTOL

ST316170 GROVE PARK, Brislington
901-1/48/461 (East side)
04/03/77 Grove Hall

II

House. c1830. Render, limestone dressings, brick gable end
stacks and slate valley roof. Double-depth plan. Late Georgian
style. 3 storeys; 4-window range. Symmetrical front set back
to the left with the doorway in the left-hand end of the
projecting front section. Pilasters with incised Greek
Revival-style details rise through cornice to a parapet with
acroteria, forming a square shaft out of the chimney in the
left-hand internal angle; first-floor sill bands and parapet.
Low ground-floor 6/6-pane sashes, 3/3-panes on the top floor,
first-floor central and left-hand end windows have architraves
and console pediments. Crenellated porch with cast-iron
columns and a C20 door, and a semicircular-arched stair window
above. The rear elevation, originally the principal front, has
a symmetrical 5-window range. Rusticated pilaster strips, a
sill band and cornice beneath the parapet, which returns along
the gables. Low 6/6-pane horned sashes to the ground and first
floors, 3/3-panes on the second; central porch has columns
with palmette capitals, an entablature with triglyphs and an
open pediment, C20 glazed door and fanlight. INTERIOR: front
hall with open-well cantilevered stone stair, wide curtail and
cast-iron balusters; semicircular-arched recess in hall has
fluted Ionic columns either side of large mirror and moulded
ceiling; similar ceiling to first-floor landing; panelled
shutters, and stone fireplace surrounds with corner roundels.
(Rowe J and Williams D: Bygone Brislington: Bristol: 1986-:
37).

Listing NGR: ST6171270766

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502635

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)