Description

BRISTOL

ST5872NE KING STREET, Centre
901-1/16/602 (South side)
08/01/59 No.17
(Formerly Listed as:
KING STREET
(South side)
Nos.16-20 (Consecutive))

GV II*

Attached house, now public house. c1665, refaced mid C18.
Brick facade over a timber-frame, roof not visible.
Double-depth plan. 3 storeys, attic and basement; 3-window
range. A truncated gable to the street, the floors marked by
moulded bands, parapet with angled outer beams to a central
modillion cornice, and the roof gable set back behind. C19
public house front has double panelled doors set between large
shop windows with glazing bars, with a right-hand doorway to
the upstairs set back, and fascia and cornice. First-floor
9/9-pane sashes, second-floor mullion casements and 2 attic
casements, in flush frames. INTERIOR: panelled ground floor
with bolection mouldings, moulded beams and continued
overmantel and fire surround to the front room with an eared
architrave and rocaille carving, and C17 dogleg stair. The
gable was set back in a C18 modernisation. Part of a row of
framed C17 houses with Nos 16-20 (qv).
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 84).

Listing NGR: ST5878672692

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Famous Royal Navy Volunteer at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4553541

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014