Description

BRISTOL

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

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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

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