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The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society is holding its House Tour 2024 on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tour 12 private houses in historic Bristol, spanning 300 years of ...
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.
The Old Vic. The city's principal theatre company, the Bristol Old Vic, was founded in 1946 as an offshoot of The Old Vic company in London. Its premises on King Street consist of the 1766 Theatre Royal (400 seats), a modern studio theatre (150 seats), and foyer and bar areas in the adjacent Coopers' Hall (built 1743).
The Bristol Troubadour Club was a short lived but influential club in the thriving contemporary folk music scene in Bristol in the late 1960s and early 1970s, It was located in Clifton village, the student quarter above the city centre. The club was considered by some as the liveliest and most creative outside London.
Bristol: Historic house: The Georgian House is open to the public and has been a branch of Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, since it was presented to the city as a museum in 1937. It is a well-preserved example of a typical late 18th-century town house, which has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building. [18]
Old Council House, Bristol, erected 1704 Council House erected in 1827, sketched in 1893. The site selected for the current building had previously been occupied by three buildings: a medieval council house, St Ewen's Church and the Chapel of the Fraternity of St John the Baptist (also known as the Tolzey). [2]
Bristol Folk provides a discographical history of many of the artists that recorded for Village Thing and also includes a partial history of the label; The Saydisc & Village Thing Discography includes a complete discography for Village Thing, including pictures of all sleeves and label designs. It is rounded off with a history of Village Thing
Blaise Castle is a folly built in 1766 near Henbury in Bristol, England. The castle sits within the Blaise Castle Estate, which also includes Blaise Castle House, a Grade II* listed 18th-century mansion house. The folly castle is also Grade II* listed and ancillary buildings including the orangery and dairy also have listings.