Description

BRISTOL

ST5773SW VICTORIA SQUARE, Clifton
901-1/8/1079 (North West side)
08/01/59 Nos.1-14 (Consecutive)
Royal Promenade and attached front
basement railings

GV II*

Terrace of 14 houses. 1845-53. By J Marmont. Limestone ashlar
with lateral and party wall stacks, roof not visible.
Double-depth plan. Each of 3 storeys, attic and basement;
3-window range.
A composed 'palace front' terrace has raised, projecting end
and middle 6 houses, the middle 4 breaking forward again, with
clasping rusticated pilasters to the corners to a deep
bracketed cornice, and moulded coped attic. Banded ground
floor to a cornice and continuous first-floor stone balcony on
large scrolled brackets with a pierced balustrade, ground- and
first-floor sill bands and second-floor plat band.
Right-hand semicircular-arched doorways with eared architraves
and large keys, to fanlights and 4-panel doors with roundels.
Semicircular-arched ground-floor windows have shouldered
architraves with faceted keys, set in raised panels, with
aprons. Architraves to upper windows, set in raised panels
with aprons on second floor; those in the central section have
first-floor console dentil cornices, and second-floor
semicircular heads with ears and shoulders with aprons;
2/2-pane sashes.
The attic has a continuous semicircular-arched arcade with
imposts, blind except for 3-light outer windows to each house.
The middle section has a taller attic with windows set in
recesses, 5 each side of a large central heraldic panel with
lion and unicorn flanking a shield.
The end houses have entrances in the returns: No.1 has a
single-storey porch with a semicircular-arched doorway,
projecting jambs and parapet, and 3-window range to the side,
all blind; No.14 has a central 2-storey porch, windows as the
front, with a balcony to the left-hand side, and blind attic
arcade. INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached front basement area cast-iron
balustrade. An advanced terrace design contemporary with
Vyvian Terrace, but brought much more together to form the
effect of a single palatial edifice. Well situated to the side
of the square with a deep flagged pavement in front.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 260; Crick C: Victorian Buildings in
Bristol: Bristol: 1975-: 51; Mowl T: To Build The Second City:
Bristol: 1991-: 166).

Listing NGR: ST5719673146

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17552988

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)