Fountains, Lamps, Balustrades, Railings and Statues to Front of Victoria Rooms is a Grade II* listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Public space. 3 related planning applications.
Fountains, Lamps, Balustrades, Railings and Statues to Front of Victoria Rooms
- WRENN ID
- cold-plinth-crow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central MP: Carla Denyer (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Public space
- Address
- Fountains, Lamps, Balustrades, Railings and Statues to Front of Victoria Rooms, Queen's Road, BS8 2PY
- OS grid reference
- ST 577 734
- Coordinates
- 51.45805, -2.60955
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The front of the Victoria Rooms features fountains, lamps, balustrades, railings, and statues, all designed in 1912 by Edwin Rickards and Henry Poole. This decorative ensemble is made from pennant ashlar, limestone balustrades, cast-iron railings and lamps, and bronze statues. The area includes a raised forecourt with curved steps leading to a large fountain adorned with bronze aquatic statues and granite urns. Flanking the fountain are plinths with flagstaffs on moulded bases, turned balustrades with lamps, and curved railings topped with urn finials. At the rear, there are bronze lions in a couchant position, and piers at the outer gateways feature lamps on moulded bases. Rickards and Poole were a prominent partnership during the Edwardian period, and this work is a notable example of their craftsmanship.
Local climate
Fountains, Lamps, Balustrades, Railings and Statues to Front of Victoria Rooms 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.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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
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