Description

BRISTOL

ST5772 GASFERRY ROAD, Canon's Marsh
901-1/41/504 (West side)
05/11/85 Retort house at ST 5790 7252, west
of Gasferry Road
(Formerly Listed as:
GASFERRY ROAD
Former Retort House west of Gasferry
Road)

GV II

Retort house. c1840. For Bristol and Clifton Oil Gas Company.
Squared coursed Pennant rubble with rock-faced dressings.
Rectangular open plan. 2 storeys; 9-window range. Roofless and
windowless, gabled ends, with plinth, first-floor sill band,
moulded kneelers and coping. Semicircular-arched openings,
large doorways in the middle of each side, smaller doorways in
the 3-window gables, and large round windows in the gables.
INTERIOR: derelict at time of survey. The Bristol and Clifton
Oil Gas Co was established on the site in 1823, and the
extension to the W built in 1840. The retort houses (qv) and
engine house (qv) form an evocative group with the walls to
Gasferry Road (qv).

Listing NGR: ST5790472531

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571240

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings