Opened 1889 | Completed 1889 Architectural style Classical architecture | |
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Client Port of Bristol Authority Similar Queen Square - Bristol, 35 King Street - Bristol, Quakers Friars, Queen Square - Bath, Llandoger Trow | ||
Queen Square House is an historic building situated in Queen Square, Bristol, England.
Map of Queen Square House, Bristol, UK
Originally constructed in 1889 to the plans of William Venn Gough, as the Port of Bristol Authority Docks Office, it is in a richly decorated Classical style with a roof in the French Empire style.
It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.
The building Was built using terracotta made by Gibbs and Canning of Tamworth. This is recorded in the Bristol mercury of 6th May 1886 - "The front, which is faced with buff terracotta and red brick...internally...buff terracotta, panels of pink terracotta containing symbolical figures being introduced into the dados..and the terracotta by Gibbs and Canning of Tamworth."
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