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37, Corn Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Bristol, City of Bristol

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4544 / 51°27'15"N

Longitude: -2.5949 / 2°35'41"W

OS Eastings: 358762

OS Northings: 172991

OS Grid: ST587729

Mapcode National: GBR C8K.3H

Mapcode Global: VH88M.ZP1X

Plus Code: 9C3VFC34+Q3

Entry Name: 37, Corn Street

Listing Date: 18 May 1981

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1187274

English Heritage Legacy ID: 379370

ID on this website: 101187274

Location: Bristol, BS1

County: City of Bristol

Electoral Ward/Division: Central

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bristol

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol

Church of England Parish: Bristol St Stephen with St James and St John the Baptist with St Michael and St George

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

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Description



BRISTOL

ST5872NE CORN STREET, Centre
901-1/16/564 (North West side)
18/05/81 No.37

GV II

Bank and office. 1938. By Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Portland
ashlar, lateral stacks and pantile mansard roof. Double-depth
plan. Stripped Classical style. 5 storeys and attic; 4-window
range. A symmetrical front has a ground floor in 3 sections
with pilasters to an entablature, set forward to the centre;
3rd-floor sill band, with wide fluted piers above between the
windows, entablature and a shallow full-width pediment and
parapet. The 5th floor is set back with a coped parapet. Outer
ground-floor openings have split keys to lintels, rectangular
overlights above with lattice grilles, French windows each
side, and a wider central window, all with aluminium glazing
bars with segmental-arched tops; Art Nouveau-style grille over
the middle window. Female Epstein-style relief carvings flank
a wide central first-floor window, brackets to a balcony above
with intersecting curved railings and French windows; windows
with aluminium glazing bars, and 3 copper-clad dormers.
INTERIOR: largely remodelled late C20.


Listing NGR: ST5876272991

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