Description

BRISTOL

ST5973 BROADMEAD, Broadmead
901-1/40/479 (North side)
08/01/59 Nos.1-36 (Consecutive)
Lower Arcade

GV II*

Arcade. 1824-5. By Foster and Oakley. Limestone and Pennant
ashlar. Single-depth plan shops flanking an axial arcade.
Greek Revival style. Each shop of 2 storeys; 2-window range.
Broadmead front has a Pennant plinth below fluted Ionic
columns in antis; pilasters flank plate-glass shop fronts
either side, below panels, entablature with a dentil cornice,
a frieze of palmettes and parapet with half-blind balusters.
INTERIOR: columns to an entablature and cast-iron frieze
divide the arcade into 9 bays, with a glazed roof divided by
panelled sections with lion heads. A fine surviving example of
an early shopping arcade, modelled on the Burlington Arcade,
Piccadilly, London, and at 600 feet in length, rivalling
contemporary arcades in Cheltenham, Bath and London.
Originally in 2 sections, the Upper Arcade was destroyed in
1940.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 241).

Listing NGR: ST5908573372

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17552382

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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