Description

BRISTOL

ST5872NE BALDWIN STREET, Centre
901-1/16/510 (South side)
04/03/77 No.54

GV II

Warehouse, now offices. 1854. By WB Gingell. Red sandstone
plinth, rock-faced limestone ashlar, and coursed, squared
Pennant with limestone dressings. 4 storeys; 3-window range. A
symmetrical front has a C20 ground-floor shop front with Ionic
pilasters to outer doorways; rock-faced quoins above to
bracketed cornice with patera, and parapet with panels between
dies bearing acroteria. Windows set within three 3-storey
segmental arches with keys and rusticated voussoirs on Pennant
pilasters; segmental-arched windows have architraves, heavy
keys and carved foliate spandrels, and heavy lintels, flush
with the front, to the first and second floors and ashlar
voussoirs to the third. 3/1-pane horned sashes. The upper
floors return a short way to the right. INTERIOR: largely
remodelled mid C20. Formerly part of a sugar warehouse.
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 365).

Listing NGR: ST5890372891

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571366

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