Description

BRISTOL

ST5873NW WOODLAND ROAD
901-1/4/349 (West side)
No.8

II

House, now college. c1860. Coursed Pennant rubble with
limestone dressings, ashlar lateral and ridge stacks, slate
hipped roof. Double-depth plan. Italianate style with bold
Ruskinian detail.
2 storeys and basement; 3-window range. Symmetrical front with
quoins, first-floor string and carved brackets to the eaves.
Doorcase has 3/4 granite columns with foliate capitals to a
semicircular-arched opening, and a good recessed door with a
diamond panel. Stilted, keyed segmental-arched ground-floor
and semicircular-arched first-floor windows have foliate
capitals and plate-glass sashes; 3-light left-hand bow and
paired right-hand windows with a central attached column, and
balustrades of pierced circles to the ground-floor windows and
doorway. First-floor paired outer windows and a single one
over the door. Left-hand return has 2 chimney breasts to
ashlar stacks, and 2 windows between.
INTERIOR: tiled lobby and hall separated by a glazed screen,
to a good central stone dogleg winder stair with cast-iron
balusters and a large newel; side service stair has stick
balusters, column newels and a ramped rail; 6-panel doors,
modillion cornice.

Listing NGR: ST5807173626

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571035

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)