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Retort House at St 5790 7252 West of Gasferry Road

A Grade II Listed Building in Bristol, City of Bristol

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4502 / 51°27'0"N

Longitude: -2.6072 / 2°36'25"W

OS Eastings: 357904

OS Northings: 172531

OS Grid: ST579725

Mapcode National: GBR C5L.CZ

Mapcode Global: VH88M.RTK4

Plus Code: 9C3VF92V+34

Entry Name: Retort House at St 5790 7252 West of Gasferry Road

Listing Date: 5 November 1985

Last Amended: 30 December 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1282270

English Heritage Legacy ID: 379596

ID on this website: 101282270

Location: Canon's Marsh, Bristol, BS8

County: City of Bristol

Electoral Ward/Division: Hotwells and Harbourside

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bristol

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol

Church of England Parish: Clifton Holy Trinity with St Andrew the Less and St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

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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

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