History in Structure

Former Swallow Hotel and attached front entrance balustrades

A Grade II Listed Building in Bristol, City of Bristol

More Photos »
Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4518 / 51°27'6"N

Longitude: -2.5993 / 2°35'57"W

OS Eastings: 358454

OS Northings: 172706

OS Grid: ST584727

Mapcode National: GBR C7L.3D

Mapcode Global: VH88M.WRQX

Plus Code: 9C3VFC22+P7

Entry Name: Former Swallow Hotel and attached front entrance balustrades

Listing Date: 1 November 1978

Last Amended: 30 December 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1025010

English Heritage Legacy ID: 379316

ID on this website: 101025010

Location: Bristol, BS1

County: City of Bristol

Electoral Ward/Division: Central

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bristol

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol

Church of England Parish: Bristol St Stephen with St James and St John the Baptist with St Michael and St George

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

Tagged with: Building Hotel building

Find accommodation in
Bristol

Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 8 March 2023 to amend the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards

ST5872NW
901-1/15/74

BRISTOL
COLLEGE GREEN (South side)
Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel and attached front entrance balustrades

(Formerly listed as The Swallow Hotel and attached front entrance balustrades, previously listed as: COLLEGE GREEN (South side) The Royal Hotel)

01/11/78

GV
II

Hotel. 1863-8. By WH Hawtin. Restored 1991. Limestone ashlar with ridge stacks and a slate hipped roof. Double-depth plan. Italianate style. Four storeys and attic; 11-window range. A heavily decorated symmetrical front, 3:1:3:1:3, has projecting wings with faceted pilaster strips, first- and third-floor sill bands, a dentil cornice over brackets, panelled pilasters to the attic and a bracketed moulded cornice to the balustrade, with faceted dies. Faceted rustication to the ground floor. A Venetian doorway has oval panelled jambs, acanthus capitals and keyed semicircular arches, to a revolving C20 door. Ground- and first-floor semicircular-arched windows: moulded architraves with large keys on ground floor flanking the door, and two-storey canted bays to the wings with attached Corinthian columns, segmental pediments to the wings and centre, plain pediments to the outer middle windows. Tripartite middle windows. Second-floor windows have raised surrounds and rounded corners with console cornices, third-floor windows with rounded corners, and semicircular-arched windows to the attic. Hipped dormers. Plate-glass sashes. The left return is a matching symmetrical three-window range.

INTERIOR: largely remodelled 1991; includes a Palm Court with glazed roof.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached balustrade to each side of 1991 steel canopy and steps.

Listing NGR: ST5844772703

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.