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The Exchange is a Grade I listed building built in 1741–43 by John Wood the Elder, on Corn Street, near the junction with Broad Street in Bristol, England. It was previously used as a corn and general trade exchange but is now used as offices and it also accommodates St Nicholas Market.
The Old Council House acted as a focus for protest much as does College Green, where its present day equivalent stands today: [25] In 1752 Corn Street was descended on by 'a riotous and formidable mob of colliers and country people from Kingswood and adjacent parts', angry at the scarcity of corn; they smashed the windows of the Council House ...
St Nicholas Market is a market in Corn Street, Bristol, England in The Exchange in the Bristol City Centre. [1] It is also home to the Bristol Farmers' Market, [ 2 ] the Nails Market, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and the Slow Food Market, [ 5 ] all of which are located in front of the Exchange.
There are 212 Grade II* listed buildings in Bristol, England.. In England and Wales the authority for listing is granted by the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and is administered by English Heritage, an agency of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The University of Bristol Drama Department offers undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in performance and screen studies. [17] The University of the West of England offers undergraduate and post-graduate drama and film programmes. [18] Circomedia is a training school for circus and physical theatre skills offering foundation degrees and BTEC ...
The Stag and Hounds is a grade II listed pub in Old Market, Bristol. [1] The oldest parts of the building date to 1483, when it was probably as a private house. The current building is predominantly from the early 18th century, when it became a pub. It was partly rebuilt in the 1960s, and refurbished in 1987.
Quakers Friars (grid reference) is a Grade 1 Listed building in Broadmead, Bristol.Part of the former Blackfriars Priory site, it was used as a Quaker meeting house for nearly three hundred years, more recently serving as a registry office, a theatre, and a series of restaurants.
The Red Lodge was originally built at the top of the gardens of "ye Great House of St. Augustine's Back". [4] The Great House was built in 1568 [5] on the site of an old Carmelite Priory, later still the site of Bristol Beacon (formerly named Colston Hall), [4] [6] by Sir John Young/Yonge, the descendant of a merchant family and courtier to Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.