The Wool Hall, Including The Fleece And Firkin Public House

The Wool Hall, which includes the Fleece and Firkin Public House, is a wool hall that has been converted into offices and a public house. It was built in 1830 by R.S. Pope and underwent conversion around 1980. The building features pennant ashlar and coursed squared rubble, with the roof not visible. It is designed in a classical style and consists of three storeys and a cellar, with a seven-window range. The front is symmetrical, featuring a cornice and frieze, along with a slightly projecting ashlar centre topped with a small pediment. The base has a vermiculated plinth with small grilled openings, leading up to a rusticated ground floor that has three windows on either side of an unmoulded doorway with a door installed around 1980. The first and second floors are made of rubble and display arcades of three round-arched recesses, with segmental-arched windows on the first floor and round-arched windows on the second floor, all featuring glazing bars. A central segmental-arched panel includes first- and second-floor windows separated by a panel inscribed "WOOL HALL." The right elevation facing Thomas Lane is similarly designed. Inside, there is a frame of cast-iron posts supporting heavy timber beams, with a ground floor laid with Pennant flags and a Pennant staircase located at the front right. This building is noted as the first quasi-industrial structure in Bristol to feature a significant architectural facade.