https://dowrysquare.uk/ Dowry Square is in the

Hotwells Hotwells is a neighbourhood in the English port city of Bristol. It is located to the south of and below the high ground of Clifton, and directly to the north of the Floating Harbour. The southern entrance to the Avon Gorge, which connects th ...

area of

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

. It was laid out in 1727 by George Tully and building continued until 1750. The houses are three-storeyed with attics, simply detailed and with channelled pilasters to the party walls. In 1799 Dr

Thomas Beddoes Thomas Beddoes (13 April 176024 December 1808) was an English physician and scientific writer. He was born in Shifnal, Shropshire and died in Bristol fifteen years after opening his medical practice there. He was a reforming practitioner and te ...

opened a laboratory in Dowry Square as the ''

Pneumatic Institution The Pneumatic Institution (also referred to as Pneumatic Institute) was a medical research facility in Bristol, England, in 1799–1802. It was established by physician and science writer Thomas Beddoes to study the medical effects of gases, kno ...

'' where he worked with Sir

Humphry Davy Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet (17 December 177829 May 1829) was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp. He is also remembered for isolating, by using electricity, several Chemical element, e ...

Architecture

Many of the buildings have been designated by

English Heritage English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, a battlefield, medieval castles, Roman forts, historic industrial sites, Lis ...

as grade II* or II

listed buildings In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

. * No 1 (grade II) * No 2 (grade II) * No 3 (grade II) * No 4 (grade II*) * No 5 (grade II) * No 6 (grade II*) * No 8 (grade II) * No 9 (grade II*) * No 7 (grade II*) * No 10 (grade II*) * No 11 (grade II*) * No 12 (grade II*) * No 13, established in 1811 as the Clifton Dispensary, (grade II) * Nos 14&15 (grade II) * No 16 York House (grade II) *

K6 Telephone Kiosk The red telephone box is a telephone kiosk for a public telephone designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect responsible for Liverpool Cathedral. The telephone box is a familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom, its associate ...

(grade II) * Plinth and railings around Dowry Square gardens (grade II)

References

{{reflist, colwidth=30em Grade II listed buildings in Bristol Grade II* listed buildings in Bristol 1727 establishments in England Squares in Bristol Georgian architecture in Bristol