Where is Dorset House, Bristol?

Dorset House, Bristol is in South Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4579°, -2.6251°.

Gardens · South Wales

Dorset House, Bristol

Dorset House, Bristol — a garden in wales-south, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h
Best time of year: Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)

Dorset House, Bristol is a garden of interest in wales-south, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Dorset House is a historic building at Litfield Place on Clifton Down in Bristol, England. The building, which was used as a school of occupational therapy and then as the regional headquarters of the Royal Marines Reserve, is a Grade II* listed building.

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Background

History

The building was commissioned by the Society of Merchant Venturers as part of a series of villas created for wealthy merchants in Clifton Down in the 1820s and 1830s. The structure was originally conceived as two semi-detached villas, Alva House (No. 8) and Dorset House (No. 9). It was designed by Richard Shackleton Pope in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1834. In the late 19th century, Dorset House was the home of the local Member of Parliament, Sir Joseph Dodge Weston. The property remained in residential use until 1930, when Elizabeth Casson acquired Dorset House, with financial support from her brother, Sir Lewis Casson, and converted the building for…

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