Merchant Venturers' Hall, taken from King Street in the south-east

Date:
28 Jan 1931
Location:
Merchant Venturers' Hall, King Street, City Of Bristol
Reference:
AA78/06697
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The photographer’s notes state: ‘The Merchant Venturers' Hall at the corner of Marsh Street (east side) and King Street (north side) from Prince Street. The entrance at the top of the steps in the Marsh Street (west) end.

The Merchant's Arms on extreme right.'

Noted in red: ‘The Hall was very badly damaged in air raids before June 1941 and most of what was left was cleared away by Sept. 1942. (see a.118 photo).

The Merchants' Arms was demolished in the summer of 1936 to make way for the new Western Road.'

Content

This is part of the Series: PEW01/01 Phillip Edmund Wills Street Collection, Negatives; within the Collection: PEW01 Phillip Edmund Wills Street Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Street, Philip Edmund Wills

Keywords

Guildhall