Description

BRISTOL

ST5873SW TYNDALL'S AVENUE
901-1/10/306 (South East side)
04/03/77 University of Bristol, Physics
Building

II

University department. 1929. By Sir George Oatley. Limestone
ashlar with a slate mansard roof. L-shaped double-depth plan.
Tudor Gothic Revival-style fenestration and Baroque style
details.
Tower of 5 storeys; 3-window range, with 2 storeys and attic
wings of 8 bays to the N and 4 bays to the W. A large, square
tower has massive, plain ashlar clasping buttresses, with
octagonal turrets to the top storey, and ogee-headed broach
finials. Central doorway has a tall porch with fluted Doric
columns, entablature and cornice, a semicircular-arched
doorway to a 2-leaf door. Square giant mullions separate the
windows above, through a transom cornice with carved heads at
the third floor, a cornice with carved animals, and twisted
attached finials to the stepped crenellated parapet. 3-light
mullion and transom windows separated by blind panels, upper
windows have Tudor-arched heads with sinuous tracery. The
wings are articulated by giant square fluted Ionic attached
columns on pedestals to a cornice breaking out over the
capitals, supporting larged fluted inverted consoles to a
tall, blind attic with moulded coping, and large patera.
Full-height mullion and transom windows, with copper suns
between the floors. A Tudor-arched doorway with panelled jambs
and lintel.
INTERIOR: entrance hall, with a large open-well stair to the
tower with steel stick balusters.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 325).

Listing NGR: ST5827273433

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512949

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5