Former Pattern Maker's Shop and Stores is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 December 1994. A C19 Pattern-maker's shop, stores.

Former Pattern Maker's Shop and Stores

WRENN ID
haunted-panel-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 December 1994
Type
Pattern-maker's shop, stores
Address
Former Pattern Maker's Shop and Stores, Underfall Yard
OS grid reference
ST 571 721
Coordinates
51.44675, -2.6185
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former pattern-maker's shop and stores, built around 1885, is located in Bristol's Floating Harbour area. This structure features an L-shaped plan with single-depth sheds made of brick and rubble, topped with slate hipped roofs. The layout follows the line of Avon Crescent and includes taller open sheds at the southeast end.

The single-storey brick pattern-maker's sheds have curved ends facing each other, connected by a wall. The northern shed has two sets of sliding doors and a segmental-arched window between them, while the southern shed includes an end doorway, three side doors, and two left-hand windows. The open-sided shed is supported by four cast-iron columns with rounded bases, holding up a timber beam and a king post roof. Additionally, there is a taller open-ended timber store with brick and rubble walls and a steel-truss roof, which projects forward on heavy timber posts.

Inside, the brick sheds feature cast-iron roof supports, while the other structures are open and used for storage. Historically, this building was constructed on land reclaimed behind Jessop's dam after the 1840s and is named after Brunel's Under Fall culvert, which was used for silt removal into the New Cut. It is noted for preserving the essential character of a late-Victorian docks area.

Local climate

Former Pattern Maker's Shop and Stores receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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.

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