Description

BRISTOL

ST6276 BLACKBERRY HILL, Fishponds
901-1/30/1259 (North side)
25/04/90 No.20A
Glenside Hospital, Top Lodge

GV II

Lodge. c1861 with later extension. Coursed, squared Pennant
rubble with limestone ashlar dressings and slate roof.
Single-depth, T-shaped plan. 2 storeys; 2-window range.
Rusticated quoin strips to earlier corner block, rubble
plinth, plat band and ashlar ridge stacks linked by an arch,
with cornices; deep eaves and verges. Openings have keyed,
round-arched heads ending in ovolo moulds, and flat jambs;
segmental heads to the extension windows. Door with fanlight
to the left, single-light ground-floor window, similar above
door and 2-light projecting eaves dormer to the left, on
brackets. Left return has a 3-light canted ground-floor bay,
with a 3-light window above. 2-light ground- and first-floor
windows to the left. 4/4 sash windows. INTERIOR not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Glenside Hospital (qv) was built as Stapleton
Lunatic Asylum.
(Building News: London: 1891-: APRIL).

Listing NGR: ST6254676112

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497678

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)