Dowry Square is in the Hotwells area of Bristol.

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.

Sir Humphry Davy had a laboratory in Dowry Square, where he worked with Dr Thomas Beddoes in his "Pneumatic Institution".

Architecture

Many of the buildings have been designated by English Heritage as grade II* or II listed buildings.

• No 1 (grade II)
• No 10 (grade II*)
• No 11 (grade II*)
• No 12 (grade II*)
• Nos 14&15 (grade II)
• No 16 York House (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*)
• K6 telephone kiosk (grade II)
• No 13 (grade II)
• No 7 (grade II*)
• Plinth and railings around Dowry Square gardens (grade II)

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