Description

BRISTOL

ST5872NW PARK STREET
901-1/15/166 (South West side)
08/01/59 Nos.17-31 (Odd)
Freemasons' Hall and attached
cast-iron railings
(Formerly Listed as:
PARK STREET
(South West side)
Nos.17-31 (Odd)
Freemasons Hall)

GV II*

Institute, now hall. 1821-3. By SR Cockerell. RS Pope Clerk of
Works. Limestone ashlar with a C20 copper-clad roof.
Rectangular plan. Neoclassical style.
2 storeys, basement and attic; 11-window range, 5-windows to
the left return. A corner site with a ground-floor sill band,
first-floor frieze and shallow cornice, and second-floor
cornice and parapet; incised panels between the floors, and
shallow second-floor pilasters paired at the ends of each
elevation. A curved corner has a deep curved
tetrastyle-in-antis porch with Temple of the Winds capitals to
an entablature, and a coffered ceiling. The doorway beneath
has a tall architrave with a console cornice, plate-glass
overlight and 8-panel door. Above is a carved panel of Grecian
figures by EH Baily. Windows with architraves, eared with
cornices on the ground floor, and tripartite first-floor
corner window, to 6/6-pane horned sashes. Later right-hand
3-window block with a doorway and square panels on the first
floor. C20 attic set back behind the parapet. To the rear of
the right return is a full-height bow with a ground-floor
window.
INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached cast-iron railings and gates
with bud finials between columns and to raised projecting
basement area to the left return. Originally the Philosophical
and Literary Institution, housing lecture room, galleries and
library; the interior has been destroyed. Restoration after
war damage removed much depth from the detailing, but this is
still an impressive design making an important contribution to
the street
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 247; Crick C: Victorian Buildings in
Bristol: Bristol: 1975-: 1).

Listing NGR: ST5826572912

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Freemason's Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17553095

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