26, Bristol Street

No. 26 Bristol Street is a terrace house built in 1853 for the Great Western Railway Company. It is constructed from ashlar limestone with black mortar and features a slate roof with ashlar stacks. The house is two storeys high and has three bays, with a central entrance. The door and window surrounds are chamfered, and there is a twenty-pane door. The windows include sixteen-pane sashes, a twelve-pane window above the door, and four-pane casements in the slightly projecting right end bay, which also has a steep shouldered gable. The property underwent extensive renovation around 1974.

This house is part of a village designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to accommodate the workforce for the new Great Western Railway works. The village was laid out in a grid pattern similar to Brunel's early drawings from 1840, with construction starting in 1842 and most buildings completed by 1855. The village is recognized as one of Britain’s best-preserved and architecturally ambitious railway settlements.