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Road building was central to planning policy for much of the 20th century in Bristol, England. The planned road network evolved over time but at its core was a network of concentric ring (or circuit) roads and high-capacity radial roads. The Inner Circuit Road formed a ring around Bristol's central area and was completed in 1970. The Outer ...
While not a new phenomenon, barn conversion became quite popular in the waning years of the 20th century. Changing a barn over from its historic agricultural use to residential use generally requires significant changes in the integrity of the barn and if the structure is of historic value these alterations rarely preserve the historic character of the barn. [1]
Everyman Bristol (Whiteladies Picture House) 1920–21 Whiteladies Road, Clifton: 63] Old Fish Market, Bristol (now public house) 1873 45–57 Baldwin Street [64] Former Gardiners offices (part of Christopher Thomas Brothers' Soap Works) 1865–67 Old Bread Street [65] Former pattern-maker's shop and stores: 1888 Underfall Yard Bristol Harbour [66]
When it was first conceived it was planned to circle the whole of Bristol, and is commonly referred to as the "Avon Ring Road", [1] [2] [3] or less accurately the "Bristol Ring Road", on road signs. The road does not circle the whole city, instead covering roughly half of the route.
Bristol is the largest city in South West England and one of the 11 'Core Cities' in the United Kingdom. [1] Currently, the tallest building in Bristol is Castle Park View at 98 metres, and has held the record since topping out in November 2020. [2] The tallest structure in Bristol is a wind turbine in Lawrence Weston, at 150 m.
Ashley contains the neighbourhoods of Montpelier, St Andrews, St Paul's and St Werburgh's, along with parts of Baptist Mills and Stokes Croft.Its southern boundary is Bristol's inner ring road; the south-eastern boundary is the M32 motorway and its extension, Newfoundland Road; to the north-east it is Filton Bank railway; and to the west is the A38 road (Stokes Croft, Cheltenham Road and ...
Ashley Down is a residential neighbourhood in the north of Bristol, England. It lies on high ground east of Bishopston, north of St Andrews and St Werburghs, west of Muller Road and south of Horfield. The main artery is Ashley Down Road. It is in the Bishopston and Ashley Down electoral ward of Bristol City Council.
Queen Square is a 2.4 hectares (5.9 acres) Georgian square in the centre of Bristol, England. [1] Following the 1831 riot, Queen Square declined through the latter part of the 19th century, was threatened with a main line railway station, but then bisected by a dual carriageway in the 1930s.