Tower Of Church Of St Mary Le Port

The tower of the Church of St Mary-le-Port is a 15th-century structure located on High Street in Bristol. It is built of limestone ashlar with coursed Pennant rubble and showcases Perpendicular Gothic architecture, featuring a Somerset-type tower. The tower consists of three stages separated by drip moulds, with angle buttresses and an octagonal southeast stair tower. The west door has hollow-moulded reveals and foliate stops, and above it is a four-light window, while the second stage contains a blind two-light window. The belfry is adorned with two-light louvred windows and a crenellated parapet featuring blind tracery panels, corner pinnacles with crockets, and a southeast spirelet that includes tracery panels, crockets, and a carved finial. The interior was not inspected, but it is noted that the nave, which had one aisle and four-centred arches with moulded capitals, was destroyed by bombing during the Second World War.