Sheldon Bush And Patent Shot Company Limited is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1995. Shot tower. 4 related planning applications.
Sheldon Bush And Patent Shot Company Limited
- WRENN ID
- rooted-rood-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1995
- Type
- Shot tower
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sheldon Bush and Patent Shot Company Limited is a lead shot tower built in 1969, designed by E.N. Underwood and Partners, Structural Engineers. This reinforced concrete structure has a concave bilateral plan and features vertically set slit windows throughout the tower. The top of the tower is twelve-sided, with a central band of vertically set windows and a band of ventilation slits below.
This tower is a direct descendant of the first lead shot tower, constructed in 1782 by William Watts, who invented the tower process for lead shot manufacture. Watts' original tower in Bristol was demolished in 1968 as part of a road widening scheme. The Cheese Lane Tower was built as its replacement for the same company and the same manufacturing process. It is a unique 20th-century shot tower and one of only three shot towers of any period still standing in England.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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