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Latitude: 51.4771 / 51°28'37"N
Longitude: -2.5791 / 2°34'44"W
OS Eastings: 359877
OS Northings: 175508
OS Grid: ST598755
Mapcode National: GBR CC9.MB
Mapcode Global: VH88N.74WH
Plus Code: 9C3VFCGC+R9
Entry Name: Muller House Muller Homes (City of Bristol College)
Listing Date: 5 August 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1375995
English Heritage Legacy ID: 469976
ID on this website: 101375995
Location: Ashley Down, Bristol, BS7
County: City of Bristol
Electoral Ward/Division: Bishopston and Ashley Down
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bristol
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol
Church of England Parish: Bishopston and St Andrews
Church of England Diocese: Bristol
Tagged with: Orphanage
ST5975 BRISTOL ASHLEY DOWN ROAD ASHLEY DOWN
901-1/32/10059 Muller House: Muller Homes (City of Bristol College)
GV II
Orphanage. 1862, by John Foster and Son of Bristol, for George Muller. Coursed Pennant stone rubble with Bath stone window &ames. Slate hipped and gable-ended roofs with bracketed verges. Stone axial stacks with cornices.
PLAN: Large building, the centI:al enmnce block with flanking wings with cross-wings at the ends, and with workshop ranges at the back.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. The centre block 3:3:3 bays, the projecting outer bays gabled, the centre with Tuscan tecrastyle stone portico with pair:ed square columns, the centre breaking forward with round columns. 5-bay wings to left and right with end cross-wings and 2-storey 8-bay outer wings. 12-pane sashes in plain stone architraves. At rear, single-storey workshop ranges with similar sash windows.
INTERIOR: Open-well stair:case with cast-iron balustrade with mahogany handrail and cast-iron scrolls supporting stone treads; arched stairwell windows.
NOTE: Muller House was the third offive large barrack-type orphanage buildings to be built&om 1847-1870 by the Prussian-born pastor and philanthropist George Muller. Muller used this block as his HQ and home. The oI"phanage was built entirely from voluntary contributions.
SOURCE: Buildings of England, p. 457.
Listing NGR: ST5987775508
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