Description

BRISTOL

ST5873SW WOODLAND ROAD
901-1/10/354 (West side)
04/03/77 University of Bristol, Department of
Chemistry
(Formerly Listed as:
UNIVERSITY ROAD
Departments of Botany and Zoology,
University of Bristol)

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 3 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 2-story canted bay with a parapet.
To the right is a 2-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 2-leaf door,
under a 2-centred arched window with cusped blind spandrels.
Above is a canted 3-light 2-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 3-sided 2 storey bay in a re-entrant beneath
a square stair turret. Right-hand wing extends back, a
6-window range, the right half broken forward.
INTERIOR: entrance hall has 2-centred arches with panelled
soffits; 3 facing arches to stairs and central lift.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 323).

Listing NGR: ST5814273281

External Links

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

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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