There are 100 Grade I listed buildings in Bristol, England according to Bristol City Council.[3] The register includes many structures which for convenience are grouped together in the list below.[4]
In the United Kingdom, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance; Grade I structures are those considered to be "buildings of exceptional interest".[5] Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act 1947. Listing a building imposes severe restrictions on what the owner might wish to change or modify in the structure or its fittings. In England, the authority for listing under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990[6] rests with Historic England, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, while local authorities have a responsibility to regulate and enforce the planning regulations.
The oldest Grade I listed buildings in Bristol are religious. St James' Priory was founded in 1129 as a Benedictine priory by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, the illegitimate son of Henry I. The building is on the Historic England Buildings at Risk Register and described as being in very bad condition.[7] The second oldest is The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity which is more commonly known as Bristol Cathedral and its associated Gatehouse.[8] Founded in 1140, the church became the seat of the bishop and cathedral of the new Diocese of Bristol in 1542. Most of the medieval stonework, particularly the Elder Lady Chapel, is made from limestone taken from quarries around Dundry and Felton with Bath stone being used in other areas.[9] Amongst the other churches included in the list is the 12th century St Mary Redcliffe which is the tallest building in Bristol. The church was described by Queen Elizabeth I as "the fairest, goodliest, and most famous parish church in England."[1][2] The New Room was built in 1739 by John Wesley and is the oldest Methodist chapel in the world.[10]
Secular buildings include The Red Lodge which was built in 1580 for John Yonge as a lodge for a Great House, which once stood on the site of the present Bristol Beacon. It was subsequently added to in Georgian times and restored in the early 20th century. It has had several uses in its past, including hosting the country's first girls' reform school in 1854. It is open to the public as a branch of Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery.[11] Other manor houses include the 18th century Kings Weston House[12] and Goldney Hall where the highly decorated Grotto dates from 1739.[13] Commercial buildings such as paired Exchange[14] and Old Post Office[15] from the 1740s are also included in the list. Residential buildings in the Georgian Portland Square[16][17][18][19][20][21] and the complex of small cottages around a green at Blaise Hamlet.[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] Blaise Hamlet was built around 1811 for retired employees of Quaker banker and philanthropist John Scandrett Harford, who owned Blaise Castle House. The 18th century industrial structures of Isambard Kingdom Brunel are represented in the list by the Clifton Suspension Bridge,[31] Avon Bridge[32] and the Bristol Old Station[33] which formed the original Bristol Temple Meads railway station.[34]
Name | Location | Type | Architect | Completed [note 1] | Date designated | Grid ref.[note 2] Geo-coordinates |
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Avon Bridge | Whitby Rd, Brislington | Bridge | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | 1839 | 8 June 1990 | ST6132172442 51°26′59″N 2°33′29″W / 51.449633°N 2.557995°W |
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Black Castle Public House | Junction Rd, Brislington[note 4] | Mock castle | William Halfpenny or James Bridges | 1745–55 | 8 January 1959 | ST6111471753 51°26′36″N 2°33′39″W / 51.443424°N 2.560897°W |
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Oak Cottage | 1, Hallen Rd, Blaise Hamlet | Workers cottage | 1811 | 8 January 1959 | ST5601778878 51°30′26″N 2°38′06″W / 51.507111°N 2.63512°W |
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Diamond Cottage | 2, Hallen Rd, Blaise Hamlet | Workers cottage | 1811 | 8 January 1959 | ST5599278874 51°30′25″N 2°38′08″W / 51.507073°N 2.635479°W |
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Dutch Cottage | 3, Hallen Rd, Blaise Hamlet | Workers cottage | 1811 | 8 January 1959 | ST5597978856 51°30′25″N 2°38′08″W / 51.50691°N 2.635664°W |
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Double Cottage | 4 & 5, Hallen Rd, Blaise Hamlet | Workers cottage | 1811 | 8 January 1959 | ST5594778867 51°30′25″N 2°38′10″W / 51.507006°N 2.636127°W |
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Rose Cottage | 6, Hallen Rd, Blaise Hamlet | Workers cottage | 1811 | 8 January 1959 | ST5594478882 51°30′26″N 2°38′10″W / 51.507141°N 2.636172°W |
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Dial Cottage | 7, Hallen Rd, Blaise Hamlet | Workers cottage | 1811 | 8 January 1959 | ST5596778903 51°30′26″N 2°38′09″W / 51.507332°N 2.635843°W |
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Circular Cottage | 8, Hallen Rd, Blaise Hamlet | Workers cottage | 1811 | 8 January 1959 | ST5598278913 51°30′27″N 2°38′08″W / 51.507423°N 2.635628°W |
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Sweetbriar Cottage | 9, Hallen Rd, Blaise Hamlet | Workers cottage | 1811 | 8 January 1959 | ST5599078921 51°30′27″N 2°38′08″W / 51.507495°N 2.635514°W |
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Vine Cottage | 10, Hallen Rd, Blaise Hamlet | Workers cottage | 1811 | 8 January 1959 | ST5601878917 51°30′27″N 2°38′06″W / 51.507461°N 2.63511°W |
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Sundial to the middle of the green at Blaise Hamlet | Hallen Rd, Blaise Hamlet | Sundial | 1811 | 8 January 1959 | ST5598078894 51°30′26″N 2°38′08″W / 51.507252°N 2.635655°W |
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Bristol Cathedral | College Green[note 5] | Cathedral | 1140 | 8 January 1959 | ST5835972683 51°27′06″N 2°36′02″W / 51.451589°N 2.600645°W |
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Bristol Central Library | College Green | Library | Charles Holden | 1906 | 1 November 1966 | ST5825272674 51°27′05″N 2°36′08″W / 51.451501°N 2.602183°W |
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Theatre Royal and Cooper's Hall | King Street[note 6] | Theatre | William Halfpenny | 1764–66 | 8 January 1959 | ST5880372748 51°27′08″N 2°35′39″W / 51.452206°N 2.594263°W |
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Bristol Temple Meads railway station | Temple Meads | Railway station | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | 1871–78 | ST5974972461 51°26′59″N 2°34′50″W / 51.449694°N 2.580617°W |
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Bristol Old Station, Temple Meads | Temple Meads | Railway station | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | 1840 | 1 November 1966 | ST5959272419 51°26′57″N 2°34′58″W / 51.449305°N 2.582871°W |
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St John the Baptist | Broad Street[note 7] | Church | 14th century | 8 January 1959 | ST5875473166 51°27′21″N 2°35′42″W / 51.455961°N 2.595017°W |
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Clifton Suspension Bridge | Clifton Down | Bridge | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | 1829–1864 | 8 January 1959 | ST5647873077 51°27′18″N 2°37′40″W / 51.45499°N 2.627761°W |
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Clifton Hill House | Clifton | House | Isaac Ware | 1746–1750 | 8 January 1959 | ST5751172924 51°27′13″N 2°36′46″W / 51.453693°N 2.612877°W |
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Colstons Almshouses | St Michaels Hill[note 8] | Almshouse | 1691 | 8 January 1959 | ST5850973363 51°27′28″N 2°35′55″W / 51.457714°N 2.598566°W |
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Equestrian statue of William III | Queen Square | Statue | John Michael Rysbrack | 1736 | 13 October 1952 | ST5877472561 51°27′02″N 2°35′41″W / 51.450523°N 2.594659°W |
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The Exchange | Corn Street[note 9] | Corn exchange | John Wood the Elder | 1741–43 | 24 March 1950 | ST5885972992 51°27′16″N 2°35′37″W / 51.454404°N 2.593486°W |
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Former Bank of England | 13/14 Broad Street | Bank | Charles Robert Cockerell | 1844–47 | 8 January 1959 | ST5882473086 51°27′19″N 2°35′38″W / 51.455247°N 2.594°W |
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The Great Gatehouse | College Green | Gatehouse | 1140 | 4 March 1977 | ST5827872686 51°27′06″N 2°36′07″W / 51.45161°N 2.601811°W |
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Grotto at Goldney House | Clifton | Grotto | 1737–64 | ST5744172736 51°27′07″N 2°36′50″W / 51.451997°N 2.613861°W |
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Holy Trinity Church | Church Rd, Westbury on Trym | Church | 1194 | 8 January 1959 | ST5733177405 51°29′38″N 2°36′58″W / 51.493968°N 2.61601°W |
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Kings Weston House | Kings Weston Lane, Shirehampton[note 10] | House | John Vanbrugh | 1710–25 | 8 January 1959 | ST5417377481 51°29′40″N 2°39′41″W / 51.494404°N 2.661505°W |
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New Room | Broadmead | Chapel | 1739 | 8 January 1959 | ST5909173386 51°27′29″N 2°35′25″W / 51.457964°N 2.590193°W |
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Old Post Office | 48 Corn Street | Post office | Samuel Glascodine | 1746 | 8 January 1959 | ST5883072990 51°27′16″N 2°35′38″W / 51.454384°N 2.593903°W |
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No 1–6 Portland Square | St Pauls | House | Daniel Hague | 18th century | 8 January 1959 | ST5938573663 51°27′38″N 2°35′10″W / 51.460475°N 2.585993°W |
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No 7–13 Portland Square | St Pauls | House | Daniel Hague | 18th century | 8 January 1959 | ST5943773662 51°27′38″N 2°35′07″W / 51.46047°N 2.585245°W |
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No 14–17 Portland Square | St Pauls | House | Daniel Hague | 18th century | 8 January 1959 | ST5948073705 51°27′39″N 2°35′05″W / 51.46086°N 2.584631°W |
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No 18–21 Portland Square | St Pauls | House | Daniel Hague | 18th century | 8 January 1959 | ST5944773775 51°27′41″N 2°35′06″W / 51.461487°N 2.585114°W |
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No 22–28 Portland Square | St Pauls | House | Daniel Hague | 18th century | 8 January 1959 | ST5938673772 51°27′41″N 2°35′10″W / 51.461455°N 2.585991°W |
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No 31–34 Portland Square | St Pauls | House | Daniel Hague | 18th century | 8 January 1959 | ST5936173716 51°27′39″N 2°35′11″W / 51.46095°N 2.586345°W |
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Quakers Friars | Broadmead | Priory, Friends Meeting House | 1747–9 | 8 January 1959 | ST592733 | 1202463 | More images |
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Red Lodge Museum | Park Row | Lodge | possibly Sebastiano Serlio[53] | c1589 | 8 January 1959 | ST5843973112 51°27′20″N 2°35′58″W / 51.455452°N 2.599544°W |
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Redland Chapel | Redland | Chapel | John Strahan or William Halfpenny | 1740–43 | 8 January 1959 | ST5798374983 51°28′20″N 2°36′23″W / 51.472241°N 2.60633°W |
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Royal Fort | Tyndall Avenue, Tyndalls Park | House | James Bridges | 1758–61 | 8 January 1959 | ST5828373372 51°27′28″N 2°36′07″W / 51.457779°N 2.60182°W |
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St James' Priory | Horsefair, Whitson Street | Priory | 1129 | 8 January 1959 | ST5889473468 51°27′31″N 2°35′35″W / 51.458687°N 2.593038°W |
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St Mark's Church | College Green[note 11] | Church | 1230 | 8 January 1959 | ST5839272838 51°27′11″N 2°36′01″W / 51.452985°N 2.600188°W |
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St Mary Redcliffe | Redcliffe Way | Church | 12th century | 8 January 1959 | ST5912872313 51°26′54″N 2°35′22″W / 51.448319°N 2.589536°W |
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St Stephen's Church | St Stephens Avenue | Church | 14th century | 8 January 1959 | ST5868472983 51°27′16″N 2°35′46″W / 51.454311°N 2.596003°W |
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Westbury College Gatehouse | Westbury on Trym | Gatehouse | 1459–1469 (rebuilt 1709) | 8 January 1959 | ST6335876158 51°28′59″N 2°31′45″W / 51.48318°N 2.529069°W |
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