John Wright And Sons is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. A Victorian Shop. 1 related planning application.
John Wright And Sons
- WRENN ID
- fallen-spindle-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Shop
- Period
- Victorian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
John Wright and Sons is an attached shop built in 1853 by Pope, Bindon and Clarke, showcasing a Queen Anne style. The building features a limestone ashlar facade and an early 20th-century shop front. It has three storeys and a three-bay range, forming part of a terrace that includes second-floor pilasters, a tripartite window with a raised surround, and a parapet.
The two-storey shop front is distinguished by a distyle-in-antis Ionic ground floor and Corinthian columns on the first floor, complete with a first-floor entablature and a second-floor modillion cornice. The ground floor has plate-glass windows and a central recessed doorway flanked by panelled sides, scrolled consoles supporting an entablature with a fluted transom and swag, leading to a half-glazed door with diagonal glazing bars. The entrance features coloured glazed floor tiles inscribed with "JOHN WRIGHT AND SON LIMITED" and a swag design.
On the first floor, the bowed windows are six panes wide and eight panes high, with leaded casements on the central window. The interior includes a decorative inner shop front with elliptical arches over the windows, beaded jambs, a fluted transom, and an acanthus cornice. The first-floor fireplace matches this style, featuring an eared surround, an entablature, and a cornice broken out at the corners over fluted Ionic columns. This shop front is regarded as one of the best in Bristol.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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