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Latitude: 51.4463 / 51°26'46"N
Longitude: -2.598 / 2°35'52"W
OS Eastings: 358536
OS Northings: 172088
OS Grid: ST585720
Mapcode National: GBR C7N.DD
Mapcode Global: VH88M.XXD5
Plus Code: 9C3VCCW2+GQ
Entry Name: Old City Gaol, Entrance Wall and Gateway
Listing Date: 8 August 1975
Last Amended: 30 December 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1207885
English Heritage Legacy ID: 379482
ID on this website: 101207885
Location: Canon's Marsh, Bristol, BS1
County: City of Bristol
Electoral Ward/Division: Hotwells and Harbourside
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bristol
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol
Church of England Parish: St Mary Redcliffe with Temple, Bristol and St John the Baptist, Bedminster
Church of England Diocese: Bristol
Tagged with: Architectural structure
ST5872
901-1/42/1295
BRISTOL
CUMBERLAND ROAD (North side), Floating Harbour
Old City Gaol, entrance wall and gateway
(Formerly Listed as: CUMBERLAND ROAD
Stone screen entrance wall to Old City Gaol)
08/08/75
II
Entrance wall and gateway. 1832. By HH Seward and RS Pope. Carboniferous limestone ashlar to head height, and Pennant ashlar above. Windowless square towers flank a recessed bay with a large semicircular-arched gateway, with portcullis and iron-clad doors, and semicircular-arched blind windows each side; above is a wide rectangular recess and a thin string course. The entrance to the City Gaol (demolished), designed by HH Seward, pupil of Sir John Soane, in 1816, and restored by RS Pope, city surveyor, after the 1831 riots. It was closed in 1883. (Lord J and Southam J: The Floating Harbour: Bristol: 1983-: 116).
Listing NGR: ST5853672088
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