Description

BRISTOL

ST5873SE BRIDEWELL STREET, Broadmead
901-1/11/476 (East side)
04/03/77 Magistrates Court Petty Sessions

GV II

Magistrates Court. 1879. By Josiah Thomas. Limestone ashlar
with terracotta dressings, roof not visible. Courts round
central courtyards. Italianate style with Baroque details. 3
storeys; 7-window range. 1:3:3 windows, the middle section set
back, a plinth to a banded ground floor, ground- and
first-floor cornices, first-floor sill band and modillion
cornice and parapet. A central doorway has paired fluted
pilasters to an entablature with foliate terracotta panels, an
open segmental pediment containing the City arms, with a
seated statue of Justice above. Entrance lobby has tall
plinths to paired Ionic columns and antae and a modillion
cornice, flanking niches with rounded bases. The left-hand
section has middle windows set back; ground-floor windows have
panelled pilaster jambs, terracotta apron panels and
projecting cornice sections, first-floor windows have panelled
jambs with consoles to projecting cornice sections, and
second-floor with architraves with curled shoulders to the
aprons; horned plate-glass sashes. INTERIOR: large lobby with
half panelling and a coved ceiling with a lantern; a passage
leads to an ornate rear hall with glazed tiled walls, green
wainscotting, cream above with green panels, with blue plinths
to granite bases and black granite Ionic columns with fluted
necks, in groups of 4, paired granite pilasters, and panelled
cross beams, with stained glass lanterns; courts have half
panelling and coved ceilings.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 358).

Listing NGR: ST5890173280

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497685

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