Description

BRISTOL

ST5873SE BROAD STREET, Centre
901-1/11/529 (North East side)
04/03/77 No.43

GV II

Attached house, now cafe. C15, c1760 front, refurbished
internally mid C20. Timber-framed, front of brick with
limestone dressings, brick lateral stacks and pantile roof,
mansard to the front. Double-depth plan. 3 storeys; 2-window
range. Ground floor beneath a timber cornice has a left-hand
carriage entrance to a through-alley, right-hand plate-glass
shop front; pilasters above to a cornice and parapet.
Segmental-arched heads with 5 stepped voussoirs to 6/6-pane
sashes, horned on the first floor. The alley has Pennant
cobbles and cast-iron kerbs, with a right-hand doorway. The
C15 rear elevation has first- and second-floor jetties, the
upper one with exposed, round-ended joists, and an overhanging
first-floor bay extending to within one metre of the left
side; to the left are exposed beams with a chamfered arch
brace at the end. 3-light windows with plate-glass casements.
INTERIOR reworked internally in 1992/3: two C15 chamfered
2-centred arched doorways to ground floor, the left-hand one
with roll mouldings to inside; between on the inner wall are 2
small reset earlier medieval figures; first-floor rear
internal wall shows box frame with diagonal bracing. A rare
survival of a late medieval town house in Bristol.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 71).

Listing NGR: ST5881873129

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570303

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)