Gothic Tower Approximately 95 Metres South Of Goldney House is a Grade II* listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1959. Tower.

Gothic Tower Approximately 95 Metres South Of Goldney House

WRENN ID: vacant-truss-lark
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: Bristol, City of
Country: England
Date first listed: 8 January 1959
Type: Tower
Source: Historic England listing

Description

BRISTOL

ST5772NW CLIFTON HILL, Clifton 901-1/14/784 (South side) 08/01/59 Gothic tower approximately 95 metres south of Goldney House (Formerly Listed as: CLIFTON HILL (South side) Gothic Tower at Goldney House)

GV II*

Tower. 1764. Red sandstone rubble with limestone dressings, roof not visible. Gothick style. 4-stage round tower with thin drips and a crenellated parapet with square pyramidal pinnacles. 2-centred arched doorway with impost blocks, beneath a third-stage semicircular-arched window with open brickwork panel; upper stages have tall narrow windows with Y-tracery, with oculi between to the fourth stage. INTERIOR not inspected. Built by Thomas Goldney to house a steam engine to pump water for the grotto cascade (qv). (Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 164).

Listing NGR: ST5745872734

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