Tower of Church of the Holy Nativity (Other Parts Not Included)
TOWER OF CHURCH OF THE HOLY NATIVITY (OTHER PARTS NOT INCLUDED), WELLS ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1202671
- Date first listed:
- 04-Mar-1977
- List Entry Name:
- Tower of Church of the Holy Nativity (Other Parts Not Included)
- Statutory Address:
- TOWER OF CHURCH OF THE HOLY NATIVITY (OTHER PARTS NOT INCLUDED), WELLS ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1202671
- Date first listed:
- 04-Mar-1977
- List Entry Name:
- Tower of Church of the Holy Nativity (Other Parts Not Included)
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWER OF CHURCH OF THE HOLY NATIVITY (OTHER PARTS NOT INCLUDED), WELLS ROAD
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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:
- TOWER OF CHURCH OF THE HOLY NATIVITY (OTHER PARTS NOT INCLUDED), WELLS ROAD
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 60204 71429
Details
BRISTOL
ST316071 WELLS ROAD, Knowle 901-1/47/1560 (North East side) 04/03/77 Tower of Church of the Holy Nativity (other parts not included)
II
Church tower. 1871-83. By A Ponton and WV Gough. Bridgwater brick walls with limestone dressings and copper-covered spire. Square tower with one adjoining bay of aisle; the body of the church was destroyed in World War II. Lombardic-Romanesque style. 5 storeys, diminishing slightly at the string courses. Lancet doorway with polychromatic arch, and 2 similar side windows; statue in carved Gothic niche on 3 corbels above doorway, and panelled stone band; second, third and top storeys have one, 2 and 4 arched openings, the latter forming an arcade on slim columns. Bands of yellow brick become progressively thinner and closer together from ground to second floor; thereafter plain red brick. INTERIOR not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: tower completed by Gough's son Arthur in 1931; the body of the church rebuilt in the 1950s. A prominent south Bristol landmark. (Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 328).
Listing NGR: ST6020471429
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 380809
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Gomme, A H, Jenner, M, Little, B D G, Bristol, An Architectural History, (1979), 328
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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