Queen Square House, Bristol
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Queen Square House is an historic building situated in Queen Square
, Bristol
, England
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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.
Queen Square, Bristol
Queen Square is a garden square in the centre of Bristol, England. It was originally a fashionable residential address, but now most of the buildings are in office use....
, Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Originally constructed in 1889 to the plans of William Venn Gough
William Venn Gough
William Venn Gough was an architect responsible for a number of prominent buildings in Bristol. His works include the Cabot Tower, Colston's Girls' School, Trinity Road Library, and Port of Bristol Authority Docks Office, now Queen Square House, in Queen Square.From 1872 he had an office at...
, 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
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
as a grade II listed building.