Old City Gaol, Entrance Wall And Gateway is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1975. Entrance wall and gateway. 5 related planning applications.

Old City Gaol, Entrance Wall And Gateway

WRENN ID
gentle-joist-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Country
England
Date first listed
8 August 1975
Type
Entrance wall and gateway
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ST5872 901-1/42/1295

BRISTOL CUMBERLAND ROAD (North side), Floating Harbour Old City Gaol, entrance wall and gateway

(Formerly Listed as: CUMBERLAND ROAD Stone screen entrance wall to Old City Gaol)

08/08/75

II

Entrance wall and gateway. 1832. By HH Seward and RS Pope. Carboniferous limestone ashlar to head height, and Pennant ashlar above. Windowless square towers flank a recessed bay with a large semicircular-arched gateway, with portcullis and iron-clad doors, and semicircular-arched blind windows each side; above is a wide rectangular recess and a thin string course. The entrance to the City Gaol (demolished), designed by HH Seward, pupil of Sir John Soane, in 1816, and restored by RS Pope, city surveyor, after the 1831 riots. It was closed in 1883. (Lord J and Southam J: The Floating Harbour: Bristol: 1983-: 116).

Listing NGR: ST5853672088

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