University of Bristol, Museum Lecture Theatre
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, MUSEUM LECTURE THEATRE, UNIVERSITY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1282082
- Date first listed:
- 01-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- University of Bristol, Museum Lecture Theatre
- Statutory Address:
- UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, MUSEUM LECTURE THEATRE, UNIVERSITY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1282082
- Date first listed:
- 01-Nov-1966
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Dec-1994
- List Entry Name:
- University of Bristol, Museum Lecture Theatre
- Statutory Address 1:
- UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, MUSEUM LECTURE THEATRE, UNIVERSITY 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:
- UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, MUSEUM LECTURE THEATRE, UNIVERSITY 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 58039 73260
Details
BRISTOL
ST5873SW UNIVERSITY ROAD 901-1/10/312 (South East side) 01/11/66 University of Bristol, Museum Lecture Theatre (Formerly Listed as: QUEEN'S ROAD (North side) City Museum and Art Gallery)
GV II
Lecture theatre. 1874. By Stuart Colman. Snecked limestone ashlar and red brick with limestone dressings, and a slate roof. Single-depth plan. Italian Gothic Revival style. 2 storeys; 6-bay range. A narrow, gabled entrance block, with a single-storey arcade linking to former museum to the right, and lecture theatre to the left. The entrance has a 2-centre splayed arch to paired 2-centre doorways, beneath a blind arcade of arched panels, beneath a 5-lancet window with colonnettes and quatrefoils, and a steep, coped gable with triple stepped lancets. To the right a 3-window arcade of 2-centre arches with C20 glazing and double doors, beneath a parapet with pierced arches. To the left the lecture theatre is divided into 5 sections by first-floor pilaster strips, and is canted back from the second bay. A near-blind ground floor has a single right-hand arched mullion window; weathered band beneath very narrow blind lancets to each bay, with decorated brickwork from the springing of the lancets to the parapet. The theatre is lit by a round lantern on the ridge, with 2 small louvred dormers. INTERIOR not inspected. The extension to the former museum (qv), built in a compatible if quirky manner. Colman's '...skill in planning... shows he deserved the commission on functional grounds alone' (Gomme). (Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 319; Crick C: Victorian Buildings in Bristol: Bristol: 1975-: 58).
Listing NGR: ST5803973260
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 380757
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Gomme, A H, Jenner, M, Little, B D G, Bristol, An Architectural History, (1979), 319
Crick, C, Victorian Buildings in Bristol, (1975), 58
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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