Description

BRISTOL

ST5776 BRECON ROAD, Redland
901-1/28/1689 (North side)
08/10/79 St Ursula's High School

II

House, now school. Mid C19. Render with limestone dressings
and slate hipped roof. Double-depth plan. Mid Georgian style.
2 storeys; 5-window range. A symmetrical front has clasping
pilasters to a plat band, cornice and parapet; a porch with
paired Tuscan columns and cornice with C20 glazing, to a
semicircular-arched doorway with a good teardrop fanlight with
a lantern. Horned 6/6-pane sashes. The 5-window left-hand
return has projecting 3-window middle, with windows set in
semicircular arches, plain to the middle on the first floor.
4-storey campanile tower.
INTERIOR: entrance hall with a rear lateral open-well stair
with wrought-iron balusters and cast decoration, a good banded
wreathed rail and curtail, with a semicircular-arched
stained-glass stair window, and rear doorway with panelled
reveals; panelled shutters and 6-panel doors.

Listing NGR: ST5744376640

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Ursula's School at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7595597

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy