Retort House At St 5797 7251 East 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. Industrial. 1 related planning application.
Retort House At St 5797 7251 East Of Gasferry Road
- WRENN ID
- blind-stronghold-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1985
- Type
- Industrial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BRISTOL
ST5772 GASFERRY ROAD, Canon's Marsh 901-1/41/503 (East side) 05/11/85 Retort house at ST 5797 7251, east of Gasferry Road (Formerly Listed as: GASFERRY ROAD Former retort house E of Gasferry Road)
GV II
Retort house. c1823. For Bristol and Clifton Oil Gas Company. Squared coursed Pennant rubble with rock-faced dressings. Rectangular, open plan. 2 storeys; 10-window range. Roofless; paired gables to southern block, with a transverse single gable block across the N end. 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. Some cast-iron windows with glazing bars. 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: ST5799072522
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