Description

BRISTOL

ST5872NE MARSH STREET, Centre
901-1/16/625 (East side)
06/06/75 No.9

II

Office. c1900. Brick with limestone dressings, brick ridge
stacks and slate mansard roof. Single-depth plan. Edwardian
Baroque style. 3 storeys and attic; 10-window range. Set on a
corner site with 2-window entrance section, 3-window curved
corner and 1:3:1 right-hand return; ground-floor sill band,
the upper floors set back above a first-floor sill band, and
articulated by Gibbsian Ionic pilasters with a pronounced
entasis and swag between the volutes, frieze and dentil
cornice set forward over the pilasters. Openings have Gibbs
surrounds and large split keys: semicircular-arched left-hand
doorway with fanlight and 6-panel double doors; the corner has
a semicircular-arched coffered canopy on paired brackets and
short strapwork pilasters, over a large window with angled
outer voussoirs, presumably formerly a doorway. 1 window to
the right of the entrance, paired above, triple corner
windows, and those in the return separated by paired
pilasters; plate-glass sashes and 4 casement dormers. INTERIOR
not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST5868772836

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26276303

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings