Chapel Of The Three Kings Of Cologne

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