Description

BRISTOL

ST5975 GLOUCESTER ROAD, Bishopston
901-1/32/409 (East side)
04/03/77 Horfield Baptist Church Institute
(Formerly Listed as:
GLOUCESTER ROAD, Avonmouth
Horfield Baptist Chapel and
Institute)

GV II

Institute. 1921. Snecked squared rubble with ashlar dressings
and a tiled roof. Double-depth plan. 4 storey; 4-window range.
Central gable with pilasters and lower flanking blocks.
Ground-floor granite memorial plaque in a segmental arch with
attached shafts either side, and a shield above; cross windows
each side and a drip mould with floral stops above. Double
doors in the side blocks with chamfered reveals and moulded
segmental arches. Linked central first- and second-floor
windows with chamfered mullions and transoms, with a blind
window to the centre; 5-light mullion third-floor window and
2- and 3-light windows either side. INTERIOR: lateral stairs,
meeting hall and offices. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: steps up to the
front, and area wall with square piers. On a prominent site,
having group value with Horfield Baptist Church (qv).

Listing NGR: ST5918975778

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482542

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)