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Latitude: 51.452 / 51°27'7"N
Longitude: -2.6136 / 2°36'48"W
OS Eastings: 357458
OS Northings: 172734
OS Grid: ST574727
Mapcode National: GBR C3L.XB
Mapcode Global: VH88M.NR4S
Plus Code: 9C3VF92P+QH
Entry Name: Gothic Tower Approximately 95 Metres South of Goldney House
Listing Date: 8 January 1959
Last Amended: 30 December 1994
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1282329
English Heritage Legacy ID: 379248
ID on this website: 101282329
Location: Clifton Wood, Bristol, BS8
County: City of Bristol
Electoral Ward/Division: Clifton
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
Tagged with: Tower
BRISTOL
ST5772NW CLIFTON HILL, Clifton
901-1/14/784 (South side)
08/01/59 Gothic tower approximately 95 metres
south of Goldney House
(Formerly Listed as:
CLIFTON HILL
(South side)
Gothic Tower at Goldney House)
GV II*
Tower. 1764. Red sandstone rubble with limestone dressings,
roof not visible. Gothick style. 4-stage round tower with thin
drips and a crenellated parapet with square pyramidal
pinnacles. 2-centred arched doorway with impost blocks,
beneath a third-stage semicircular-arched window with open
brickwork panel; upper stages have tall narrow windows with
Y-tracery, with oculi between to the fourth stage. INTERIOR
not inspected. Built by Thomas Goldney to house a steam engine
to pump water for the grotto cascade (qv).
(Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural
History: Bristol: 1979-: 164).
Listing NGR: ST5745872734
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