Clifton College, Warden's Office Approximately 8 Metres North West of Wilson Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 December 1994. School.

Clifton College, Warden's Office Approximately 8 Metres North West of Wilson Tower

WRENN ID
unlit-corner-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 December 1994
Type
School
OS grid reference
ST 570 739
Coordinates
51.46257, -2.62024
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Warden's Office at Clifton College, built around 1860, is a school building likely designed by C. Hansom. It features random squared sandstone rubble with limestone dressings, a rear exterior ashlar stack, and a slate roof adorned with bands of hexagonal slates, all in the Gothic Revival style. The building has a single-depth plan and stands two storeys tall with a four-window range.

The front is regularly divided by buttresses and includes a plinth, moulded sill bands, ashlar bands, and a cornice with gargoyles beneath a crenellated parapet. On the left side, there is a shallow porch with a four-centre arched doorway that has double doors with strap hinges, carved spandrels, three ogee-headed overlights, a small side light, and a weathered roof. Between the buttresses, there are three-light mullion and transom windows with ogee heads, metal casements, and stained glass in the upper panels. An entrance is located second from the left, featuring a similar doorway.

The gabled ends of the building include steps leading up to an entrance on the right side, which has four overlights and side windows, topped with a trefoil in the gable. The left return has ground and first-floor windows, a blind window with a label mould, and a shield trefoil above the gable, which is adorned with a griffon pinnacle. The interior has not been inspected. The design of this building matches that of the Chemistry block nearby.

Local climate

Clifton College, Warden's Office Approximately 8 Metres North West of Wilson Tower 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. South entrance gates and flanking walls to Bristol Zoo Grade II 26 m
  2. Clifton College, Percival Buildings and Wilson Tower Grade II 31 m
  3. Clifton College, North East Wing Grade II 31 m
  4. Clifton College, Guthrie Memorial Chapel Grade II* 62 m
  5. Clifton College, Big School Grade II 70 m
  6. Clifton College, South African War Memorial Grade II* 74 m
  7. Elephant and Giraffe House at Bristol Zoo Grade II 82 m
  8. Clifton College, School House Grade II 94 m
  9. Eagle Aviary at Bristol Zoo Grade II 103 m
  10. Clifton College, Statue of Earl Haig Grade II 109 m