Arno's Court Triumphal Arch
ARNO'S COURT TRIUMPHAL ARCH, BATH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1203684
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jan-1959
- List Entry Name:
- Arno's Court Triumphal Arch
- Statutory Address:
- ARNO'S COURT TRIUMPHAL ARCH, BATH ROAD
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- Date:
- 2000-12-03
- Reference:
- IOE01/03192/23
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1203684
- Date first listed:
- 08-Jan-1959
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Dec-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Arno's Court Triumphal Arch
- Statutory Address 1:
- ARNO'S COURT TRIUMPHAL ARCH, BATH ROAD
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:
- ARNO'S COURT TRIUMPHAL ARCH, BATH 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 61157 71582
Details
BRISTOL
ST67SW BATH ROAD, Brislington 901-1/56/428 (North East side) 08/01/59 Arno's Court Triumphal Arch (Formerly Listed as: BATH ROAD (North side) Arno's Court Gateway)
GV II*
Triumphal arch. c1760. Believed to be by James Bridges. For William Reeve. Bath stone. Classically proportioned but with Gothic and Moorish detail, it forms a free-standing wall with tall central round archway flanked by plain arched doors, separated by an impost band from a canopied niche above. The main arch has Gothic moulding with arcaded ornament and imposts; the canopies are carved with fishscale weathered top surface and traceried edge under an ogee moulding, which terminates in a finial, and has blind tracery on the underside; over the main arch projects a panel of stone for an uncarved coat of arms, with a round hood over, running into a string course; the central range is a third higher than the sides and broken forward slightly; the top section contains a niche flanked by terms, and ogee moulding above terminating in a leaf finial; blind tracery and crenellated parapet to sides and centre with Moorish merlons. The niches once contained carvings from the demolished City Gates. Rear elevation much simpler, a carving of the City's coat of arms above main arch. Originally the gateway to Arno's Castle, moved to the entrance to Arno's Court Bath House in 1912. The ovolo mouldings and other evidence lend credence to the theory that the arch may be an original Caroline city gate, but the available evidence supports the 1760 presumption. (Latimer J: The Annals of Bristol in the Eighteenth Century: Bristol: 1887-1908: 377; Grimm S H: Gate at Mt Pleasant, Brislington: 1789-).
Listing NGR: ST6115771582
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 378900
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Latimer, J, The Annals of Bristol in the Eighteenth Century, (1887-1908), 377
Grimm, S H, Gate at Mount Pleasant Brislington, (1789)
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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