Description

BRISTOL

ST67SW BATH ROAD, Brislington
901-1/56/427 (South West side)
08/01/59 Former convent at rear of Parkside
Hotel
(Formerly Listed as:
BATH ROAD
(South side)
Arno's Court Hotel)

GV II

Convent, now hotel. 1850-1. By Foster and Sons. Built as an
extension to Arno's Court. For the Sisterhood of the Asylum of
the Good Shepherd. Pennant rubble with Bath stone dressings,
slate roof. Italianate style north-facing block with cloister
and chapel backing onto rear of Parkside Hotel (qv).
3 storeys and attic; 3-window range in the north elevation and
2-window range in the east, between clasping pilasters. Keyed,
segmental heads and wide, flat surrounds, string courses
extending from the cills and above the heads; heavy coved
cornice under the attic storey, and tall chimneys with
bracketed cornices. The entrance to the cloister to the left
and back from the main front; originally 2 storeys. It has
ashlar and rubble stripes and a wide round arch on moulded
springers and banded jambs with a wooden door, and a tall
screen wall to left beside the Bath Road; inside is a
cloister, open on 2 sides. The exterior of the chapel has 3
tall pointed windows and an attached column with carved
capital and plinth on the right hand corner.
INTERIOR: chapel, now snooker room, has 3 marble columns at
east end with Corinthian capitals and round arches; the
ceiling is divided into large panels by moulded beams, which
curve down to bear on corbels at the sides. A later addition
in plainer style to the west extends along the side, and has a
front to the W of Parkside Hotel (qv).
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 166).

Listing NGR: ST6110071545

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499460

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)