Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne
CHAPEL OF THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE, COLSTON STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1202144
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jan-1959
- List Entry Name:
- Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne
- Statutory Address:
- CHAPEL OF THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE, COLSTON STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1202144
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jan-1959
- List Entry Name:
- Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHAPEL OF THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE, COLSTON STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHAPEL OF THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE, COLSTON STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 58586 73186
Details
BRISTOL
ST5873SE COLSTON STREET 901-1/11/75 (East side) 08/01/59 Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne
GV II*
Chapel. 1504. Refaced and roofed 1861 by Foster and Wood, restored 1865, most of the carvings from then. Squared coursed limestone and Pennant rubble, with limestone dressings and tiled roof. Nave. Pennant W and S sides and upper section of N side: a roll-top coping to end gables and side parapets, with Tudor-arched windows; 4-light E window with panel tracery, hoodmould with diamond stops, single N window with intersecting tracery, and trace of an arched doorway at the right-hand end. The W gable has a doorway with panelled reveals and soffit to double doors, an ogee hood with crockets and finial, carved tympanum, and carved head stops. 3 statue niches above on carved bases, canted canopies with attached finials and pinnacles containing mid C20 statues; on the gable is a square bellcote with angle buttresses and a weathered ogee cap and finial. INTERIOR: canopied niches either side at the E end, and a Royal Arms above the entrance. C19 half panelling and pews. (Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 315; Crick C: Victorian Buildings in Bristol: Bristol: 1975-: 28).
Listing NGR: ST5858673186
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 379353
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Gomme, A H, Jenner, M, Little, B D G, Bristol, An Architectural History, (1979), 315
Crick, C, Victorian Buildings in Bristol, (1975), 28
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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