Numbers 11, 13 and 15 and Attached Garden Wall, Bristol, City of Bristol

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4818 / 51°28'54"N

Longitude: -2.5293 / 2°31'45"W

OS Eastings: 363342

OS Northings: 176006

OS Grid: ST633760

Mapcode National: GBR CQ7.SN

Mapcode Global: VH88P.30QV

Plus Code: 9C3VFFJC+P7

Entry Name: Numbers 11, 13 and 15 and Attached Garden Wall

Listing Date: 8 January 1959

Last Amended: 30 December 1994

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1282219

English Heritage Legacy ID: 379976

ID on this website: 101282219

Location: Fishponds, Bristol, BS16

County: City of Bristol

Electoral Ward/Division: Frome Vale

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bristol

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol

Church of England Parish: Fishponds St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

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Description

BRISTOL

ST67NW MANOR ROAD, Fishponds
901-1/54/1270 (North side)
08/01/59 Nos.11, 13 AND 15
and attached garden wall
(Formerly Listed as:
MANOR ROAD
Nos.11-15 (Odd))

GV II*

House and former school. c1720. Converted into schoolroom in
later C18. Thin Pennant rubble with rubble quoins and
limestone dressings, 2 rubble ridge stacks and a double Roman
hipped roof with cross wings at each end. H-shaped
single-depth plan with a central hall and attached end houses.
2 storeys; 4-window range.
Symmetrical front with 2 wings at either end. A central
pedimented porch contains a round-arched doorway with a key,
impost bands and benched niches inside, and a 4-plank door
with ovolo mouldings in a pegged frame with a segmental head.
Full height, segmental-arched windows either side, with 16/16
pane sashes with thick bars.
Projecting 2-storey wings have 6/6 pane sashes in flush boxes
on the right, C20 replacements on the left. Plat band, with on
left a plaque inscribed HANNAH MORE/ BORNE HERE/ FEB 2 1745.
Ridge stacks to the sides of the central bay. Similar doorless
rear elevation.
Right-hand return is a 3-window-range symmetrical front with a
similar door, flat rubble window heads and first-floor windows
beneath the wall plate.
INTERIOR not inspected but noted as having a central hall with
fireplaces at each end.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: low rubble wall to front and side areas.
HISTORICAL NOTE: birthplace of Hannah More, the notable
educational reformer, and a rare early schoolroom in its own
right. Graded for its historical and architectural importance.
Has group value with the nearby Church of St Mary (qv).

Listing NGR: ST6334276006

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