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Wickham Court and Attached Walls

A Grade II* Listed Building in Eastville, City of Bristol

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4833 / 51°28'59"N

Longitude: -2.5492 / 2°32'57"W

OS Eastings: 361956

OS Northings: 176177

OS Grid: ST619761

Mapcode National: GBR CL7.94

Mapcode Global: VH88G.RZP9

Plus Code: 9C3VFFM2+88

Entry Name: Wickham Court and Attached Walls

Listing Date: 8 January 1959

Last Amended: 30 December 1994

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1220291

English Heritage Legacy ID: 380895

Also known as: 1 and 2 Wickham Court and attached walls

ID on this website: 101220291

Location: Stapleton, Bristol, BS16

County: City of Bristol

Electoral Ward/Division: Eastville

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bristol

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol

Church of England Parish: Fishponds All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

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Description



BRISTOL

ST6176 WICKHAM HILL, Stapleton
901-1/29/1975 (East side)
08/01/59 Nos.1 AND 2
Wickham Court and attached walls
(Formerly Listed as:
WICKHAM HILL
Wickham Court, No.1-4 (Consec))

GV II*

House. Early C17. Pennant rubble with double Roman tiled roof.
Double-depth plan with left-hand cross-wing. Double-depth
plan.
2 storeys, attic and basement; 4-window range. Central gable
with flanking 2-storey blocks, with 2 doors to right of the
gable, the right-hand one with a large stone lintel and
6-panel door, glazed at the top and fielded in the middle; C20
glazed door to the left, and stone boot scrapers. Leaded metal
casements with interlacing at the top and some green glass,
set in 2- and 3-light ovolo-moulded mullion and transom
windows to the gable, first floor and attic; plain cross
windows with glazing bars on the ground floor and to the
right.
INTERIOR: central rear dogleg winder stair with splat
balusters and vase newels with pendants, leading to an
observation platform in the top of the rear stair tower;
scrolled window catches and angled stanchion bars; deeply
chamfered beams with chamfer stops, and studded doors with 9
panels.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached rubble garden wall extends
approx 100m to SW.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Cromwell and Fairfax are believed to have
held council here before the march on Bristol in August 1645.
An important house with a good and fairly complete interior.
The garden wall follows the line of the former Gloucester Road
up from Wickham Bridge (qv).


Listing NGR: ST6195676177

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