Dowry Square is in the

Hotwells Hotwells is a district of 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 the dock ...

area of

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. 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 t ...

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, know ...

'' 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 elements for ...

Architecture

Many of the buildings have been designated by

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as grade II* or II

listed buildings In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

. * 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 (grade II) * Nos 14&15 (grade II) * No 16 York House (grade II) *

K6 Telephone Kiosk The red telephone box, a telephone booth, telephone kiosk for a payphone, public telephone designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, is a familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom, Malta, Bermuda and Gibraltar. Despite ...

(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