First World War Shelter is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. Shelter.
First World War Shelter
- WRENN ID
- blind-attic-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Shelter
- OS grid reference
- ST 573 748
- Coordinates
- 51.47132, -2.61559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This First World War Shelter was built in 1917 for convalescing soldiers. It is made of timber panels with cast-iron detailing and rainwater goods, topped with modern slate roofs. The seating features steel frames with timber seats and backs.
The shelter has a T-plan layout, divided into three seating areas. The largest area, measuring 5.46 meters and consisting of six panels, faces south-east. The other two areas have L-shaped seating arrangements, partially oriented towards the north and the downs. The structure is supported by chamfered and stopped timber posts and rails, with timber board infill panels arranged in a herringbone pattern. It rests on a concrete base. The bench seating is positioned against the walls, sheltered by oversailing canopies. The iron detailing on the canopies features a French style, including a flower motif. Each of the three gable ends of the roof is topped with a wheel cross finial.
Local climate
First World War Shelter receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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