Zion House And Attached Railings And Gateways

BRISTOL

ST5871 CORONATION ROAD, Bedminster 901-1/45/376 (South side) 12/03/76 Zion House and attached railings and gateways (Formerly Listed as: CORONATION ROAD Zion Chapel, Congregational)

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Congregational chapel, now offices. 1830. For John Hare. Pennant stone rubble and limestone ashlar, slate roof. Open plan. Classical style. 2 storeys and basement; 5-window range. Portico of tetrastyle-in-antis cast-iron Tuscan columns, with a deep entablature returning at the ends; the pediment contains a louvred oculus supported by a wide blank panel with relief palmettes. 4 steps up to flagged area beneath the portico, a Greek Revival-style doorway in the middle with a battered, eared architrave, 9-light windows either side with architrave continued to the ground, and plain doorways in the inside walls. Single ground-floor window either side of the portico, with segmental-arched head and rubble relieving arch beneath, 9-lights with margin bars. Tall, semicircular-arched first-floor windows with 18 lights; moulded hoods with palmette stops to the side windows, central 3 set back beneath pediment and linked by impost band. Side elevations of 2 storeys and basement; 5 bays divided by rubble pilaster strips, ashlar plinth and band continued round from front to form an impost band to the basement windows and a sill band to the first floor. INTERIOR: nave enclosed by inserted c1980 ceiling; gallery supported by 8 reeded and fluted Ionic columns, balcony to gallery with overlapping ring decoration. Stone winder stairs either side of portico to first floor, with curtail and cast-iron rail. Formerly a school room in the basement. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area enclosed by iron railings with bud tops, 2 gateways with piers of single Pennant stone and caps, gates and overthrow arches with lamp basket. A strong presence marking the entrance to Bedminster. (Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 243; An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels...in Central England: Stell C: Gloucestershire: London: 1986-: 64).

Listing NGR: ST5891771985