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University of Bristol, Museum Lecture Theatre

A Grade II Listed Building in Bristol, City of Bristol

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4568 / 51°27'24"N

Longitude: -2.6053 / 2°36'19"W

OS Eastings: 358039

OS Northings: 173260

OS Grid: ST580732

Mapcode National: GBR C5J.RM

Mapcode Global: VH88M.SNJ3

Plus Code: 9C3VF94V+PV

Entry Name: University of Bristol, Museum Lecture Theatre

Listing Date: 1 November 1966

Last Amended: 30 December 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1282082

English Heritage Legacy ID: 380757

ID on this website: 101282082

Location: Tyndall's Park, Bristol, BS8

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: Clifton, St Paul

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

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Description



BRISTOL

ST5873SW UNIVERSITY ROAD
901-1/10/312 (South East side)
01/11/66 University of Bristol, Museum
Lecture Theatre
(Formerly Listed as:
QUEEN'S ROAD
(North side)
City Museum and Art Gallery)

GV II

Lecture theatre. 1874. By Stuart Colman. Snecked limestone
ashlar and red brick with limestone dressings, and a slate
roof. Single-depth plan. Italian Gothic Revival style.
2 storeys; 6-bay range. A narrow, gabled entrance block, with
a single-storey arcade linking to former museum to the right,
and lecture theatre to the left. The entrance has a 2-centre
splayed arch to paired 2-centre doorways, beneath a blind
arcade of arched panels, beneath a 5-lancet window with
colonnettes and quatrefoils, and a steep, coped gable with
triple stepped lancets. To the right a 3-window arcade of
2-centre arches with C20 glazing and double doors, beneath a
parapet with pierced arches. To the left the lecture theatre
is divided into 5 sections by first-floor pilaster strips, and
is canted back from the second bay. A near-blind ground floor
has a single right-hand arched mullion window; weathered band
beneath very narrow blind lancets to each bay, with decorated
brickwork from the springing of the lancets to the parapet.
The theatre is lit by a round lantern on the ridge, with 2
small louvred dormers.
INTERIOR not inspected. The extension to the former museum
(qv), built in a compatible if quirky manner. Colman's
'...skill in planning... shows he deserved the commission on
functional grounds alone' (Gomme).
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 319; Crick C: Victorian Buildings in
Bristol: Bristol: 1975-: 58).


Listing NGR: ST5803973260

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