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Latitude: 51.4522 / 51°27'7"N
Longitude: -2.5895 / 2°35'22"W
OS Eastings: 359133
OS Northings: 172744
OS Grid: ST591727
Mapcode National: GBR C9L.98
Mapcode Global: VH88N.2RDM
Plus Code: 9C3VFC26+V6
Entry Name: The Wool Hall, Including the Fleece and Firkin Public House
Listing Date: 20 February 1975
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1207794
English Heritage Legacy ID: 380514
Also known as: Tthe Fleece And Firkin
ID on this website: 101207794
Location: Box Makers Yard, Bristol, BS1
County: City of Bristol
Electoral Ward/Division: Central
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bristol
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol
Church of England Parish: St Mary Redcliffe with Temple, Bristol and St John the Baptist, Bedminster
Church of England Diocese: Bristol
Tagged with: Mixed-use building Pub Music venue Office building Byzantine Revival architecture
BRISTOL
ST5972 ST THOMAS STREET
901-1/42/286 (South West side)
20/02/75 No.12
The Wool Hall, including the Fleece
and Firkin Public House
II
Wool hall, now offices and a public house. 1830. By RS Pope,
converted c1980. Pennant ashlar and coursed squared rubble;
roof not visible. Open plan. Classical style.
3 storeys and cellar; 7-window range. A symmetrical front with
a cornice and frieze, and a slightly projecting ashlar centre
with a small pediment; a vermiculated plinth with small,
grilled openings below a rusticated ground floor with 3
windows either side of an unmoulded doorway with c1980 door;
rubble first and second floors have arcades of 3 round-arched
recesses with segmental-arched first-floor and round-arched
second-floor windows with glazing bars; a segmental-arched
panel to the centre has first- and second-floor windows
separated by a panel inscribed WOOL HALL. The right elevation
to Thomas Lane is similarly articulated.
INTERIOR: a frame of cast-iron posts to heavy timber beams,
with a Pennant-flagged ground-floor, and a Pennant staircase
up front right. '...the first quasi-industrial building in
Bristol to attempt a real architectural facade.' (Gomme).
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-).
Listing NGR: ST5913372744
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