Numbers 11, 13 And 15 And Attached Garden Wall

BRISTOL

ST67NW MANOR ROAD, Fishponds 901-1/54/1270 (North side) 08/01/59 Nos.11, 13 AND 15 and attached garden wall (Formerly Listed as: MANOR ROAD Nos.11-15 (Odd))

GV II*

House and former school. c1720. Converted into schoolroom in later C18. Thin Pennant rubble with rubble quoins and limestone dressings, 2 rubble ridge stacks and a double Roman hipped roof with cross wings at each end. H-shaped single-depth plan with a central hall and attached end houses. 2 storeys; 4-window range. Symmetrical front with 2 wings at either end. A central pedimented porch contains a round-arched doorway with a key, impost bands and benched niches inside, and a 4-plank door with ovolo mouldings in a pegged frame with a segmental head. Full height, segmental-arched windows either side, with 16/16 pane sashes with thick bars. Projecting 2-storey wings have 6/6 pane sashes in flush boxes on the right, C20 replacements on the left. Plat band, with on left a plaque inscribed HANNAH MORE/ BORNE HERE/ FEB 2 1745. Ridge stacks to the sides of the central bay. Similar doorless rear elevation. Right-hand return is a 3-window-range symmetrical front with a similar door, flat rubble window heads and first-floor windows beneath the wall plate. INTERIOR not inspected but noted as having a central hall with fireplaces at each end. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: low rubble wall to front and side areas. HISTORICAL NOTE: birthplace of Hannah More, the notable educational reformer, and a rare early schoolroom in its own right. Graded for its historical and architectural importance. Has group value with the nearby Church of St Mary (qv).

Listing NGR: ST6334276006