Description

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ST5873SW
901-1/10/354

BRISTOL
WOODLAND ROAD (west side)
University of Bristol
The Fry Building (School of Mathematics)

(Formerly listed as University of Bristol, Department of Chemistry, WOODLAND ROAD, previously listed as: UNIVERSITY ROAD Departments of Botany and Zoology, University of Bristol)

04/03/77

GV
II
University department. 1909. By Sir George Oatley. Coursed red Pennant rubble with limestone ashlar and dressings, lateral stacks and Cornish slate roof. L-shaped double-depth plan. Collegiate Tudor Gothic Revival style.

Irregular series of stepped blocks, with moulded plinth, strings, cornice with carved heads and corner gargoyles, and crenellated parapet. Left-hand three storeys; 3:1:3 windows separated by buttresses, wide mullion and transom windows; left-hand block has a small Arts and Crafts style slate-hung gable to roof with swept eaves and small leaded dormers. To the right is a two storey canted bay with a parapet. To the right is a two stage entrance tower set in the re-entrant with a wing extending back, has clasping buttresses with panelled tops; a projecting ashlar doorcase has an elliptical-arched doorway with a studded oak two-leaf door, under a two-centred arched window with cusped blind spandrels. Above is a canted three-light two storey oriel with a moulded base, ogee heads and ashlar tracery panel, and blind tracery parapet. Elliptical-arched cross window to the top beneath a band of quatrefoils and cornice with carved heads, and a carved panel with a shield in stepped crenellations. To the right is a three-sided two storey bay in a re-entrant beneath a square stair turret. Right-hand wing extends back, a six-window range, the right half broken forward.

INTERIOR: entrance hall has two-centred arches with panelled soffits; three facing arches to stairs and central lift.

Listing NGR: ST5814273281

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Fry Building at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26514908

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide