Bristol Omnibus Company Travel And Chief Traffic Offices

The Bristol Omnibus Company Travel and Chief Traffic Offices is a building that originally dates from the 17th century but was rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features a timber-frame structure with render and a cross-gabled pantile roof. The building has a double-depth plan and stands three storeys tall with an attic, displaying a two-window range.

The mid-19th century shop front includes Tudor arches above plate-glass windows and a central doorway supported by slender columns, topped with a cornice. Each floor above has shallow jetties, and the building is adorned with paired gables. The lower floors have paired 9/9-pane sash windows beneath the jetties, while the attic features a three-light casement window in exposed frames. On the left side, there is a stone mullion window in the attic with lattice leaded lights.

The interior has not been inspected, but there is a notable subsidiary feature: a large hanging three-sided clock with elaborate wrought-iron brackets and decoration. There is little visible evidence of the original timber framing, as the roof extends back one gable and features a 20th-century ridged roof behind. The buildings numbered 26 to 30 are now internally connected as one structure. Timber framing is illustrated in Winstone's work on Bristol.