History in Structure

Numbers 1 to 17 and Attached Rubble Garden Walls and Piers

A Grade II Listed Building in Clifton, City of Bristol

More Photos »
Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4559 / 51°27'21"N

Longitude: -2.6112 / 2°36'40"W

OS Eastings: 357628

OS Northings: 173166

OS Grid: ST576731

Mapcode National: GBR C4J.FY

Mapcode Global: VH88M.PNFS

Plus Code: 9C3VF94Q+9G

Entry Name: Numbers 1 to 17 and Attached Rubble Garden Walls and Piers

Listing Date: 4 March 1977

Last Amended: 30 December 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1282223

English Heritage Legacy ID: 379995

ID on this website: 101282223

Location: Victoria Park, Bristol, BS8

County: City of Bristol

Electoral Ward/Division: Clifton

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bristol

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol

Church of England Parish: Clifton Christ Church with Emmanuel

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

Tagged with: Building

Find accommodation in
Clifton

Description



BRISTOL

ST5773SE MERIDIAN PLACE, Clifton
901-1/9/890 (North West side)
04/03/77 Nos.1-17 (Consecutive)
and attached rear rubble garden
walls and piers
(Formerly Listed as:
MERIDIAN PLACE
(North West side)
Nos.1-17 (Consecutive))

GV II

Includes: No.2 GORDON ROAD Clifton.
Terrace of 17 houses. c1827. Possibly by James Foster. Stucco
with limestone dressings, party wall stacks and slate and
pantile mansard roofs. Double-depth plan. Late Georgian style.
Each of 3 storeys, attic and basement; 2-window range.
A stepped terrace articulated by giant pilasters to a moulded
coping, ramped up the slope; Nos 16 & 17 linked by a
full-width pediment, with a recessed party wall strip.
Left-hand semicircular-arched doorways, Nos 1 & 17 in the
returns, have moulded, keyed archivolts, plate-glass fanlights
and 6-panel doors. Single 8/8-pane ground-floor sashes,
6/6-pane second-floor sashes and C20 dormers. Nos 1, 2 & 13-15
have tented timber balconies with pointed-arched railings with
quatrefoils, no tent to No.1. INTERIOR not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached rubble wall to rear of No.1 has
a 2-centred arched brick doorway with key and impost blocks;
attached brick front garden walls and capped piers to Nos
11-16. The end pediment links the terrace with the similar
termination of Nos 1-14 Frederick Place (qv), on the opposite
corner, and was possibly also developed by Benjamin Tucker.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 228; Mowl T: To Build The Second
City: Bristol: 1991-: 139).


Listing NGR: ST5762873166

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.