Premises Of Bishopston Engineering

The premises of Bishopston Engineering is a late 18th-century building, originally a pin factory for T Rawbone & Co., located on Lower Station Road in Kingswood. The structure is built from Pennant rubble with brick dressings around the openings and features a two-storey factory range topped with double Roman tiles. The main range has six iron windows with 30 panes each, which are adorned with brick segmental arches and cills on both sides. The centre of these windows includes pivot ventilators, while the ground floor windows on the east side have been replaced, and those on the west side are interrupted by 20th-century double doors.

The lower range, which is rendered, includes a central loading door and 20th-century windows. The left (north) gable end features a metal staircase leading to a first-floor door, along with a similar iron window. Inside, the building has three floor beams and a four-bay roof with purlins that are tusk-tenoned to collared principals. This factory is a rare example of a small-scale factory building from the late 18th century. Pin making was a significant local industry, and all the pin-making machines from this factory are now housed in the Bristol Industrial Museum.