Description

BRISTOL

ST5673NE COLLEGE ROAD, Clifton
901-1/1/828 (North East side)
01/11/66 Clifton College, School House
(Formerly Listed as:
COLLEGE ROAD, Clifton
Clifton College Big School, School
House and Wilson Tower)

GV II

Boarding house. 1862. By Charles Hansom. Brandon Hill Grit
with limestone dressings, ridge stacks and a cross gabled
slate roof. Collegiate Tudor Gothic Revival style.
Single-depth plan round 2 internal courtyards. 2 storeys and
attic; 12-window range. Asymmetrical elevations; that facing
SE has a central projecting gabled wing with a large 2-storey
canted 4-light bay with weathered roof, separated by a
panelled band, with a 3-light mullion and transom window
above; large cross-gabled eaves dormers to each side. To the
right, 5 paired windows under a continuous drip, with triple
windows at each end, and a left-hand door; 4 eaves dormers
with barge-boards, with 2 smaller louvred dormers above. To
the left are 2 large paired windows, a right-hand doorway with
a 3-light overlight, and 2 dormers. Projecting gabled wing has
a 2-storey canted 3-light bay with paired attic windows.
Paired left-hand window. The left return has 2 gabled ends to
parallel ranges with a small gable in between with external
stacks. Rear elevation to Guthrie Road has an irregular
10-window range, with a left-hand gable and oriel, central
exterior stack, 3 gabled dormer and mullion windows. The right
return is symmetrical with outer gables and central rendered
section. INTERIOR not inspected.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 320; The Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: North Somerset and Bristol: London: 1958-: 419).

Listing NGR: ST5693773854

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482417

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

• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)