Retort House At St 5790 7252 West Of Gasferry Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1985. Retort house.
Retort House At St 5790 7252 West Of Gasferry Road
- WRENN ID
- noble-transept-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1985
- Type
- Retort house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BRISTOL
ST5772 GASFERRY ROAD, Canon's Marsh 901-1/41/504 (West side) 05/11/85 Retort house at ST 5790 7252, west of Gasferry Road (Formerly Listed as: GASFERRY ROAD Former Retort House west of Gasferry Road)
GV II
Retort house. c1840. For Bristol and Clifton Oil Gas Company. Squared coursed Pennant rubble with rock-faced dressings. Rectangular open plan. 2 storeys; 9-window range. Roofless and windowless, gabled ends, with plinth, first-floor sill band, moulded kneelers and coping. Semicircular-arched openings, large doorways in the middle of each side, smaller doorways in the 3-window gables, and large round windows in the gables. INTERIOR: derelict at time of survey. The Bristol and Clifton Oil Gas Co was established on the site in 1823, and the extension to the W built in 1840. The retort houses (qv) and engine house (qv) form an evocative group with the walls to Gasferry Road (qv).
Listing NGR: ST5790472531
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