Gardens · South West England
Queen Square House, Bristol
In or near Bristol.
Queen Square House, Bristol — a garden in england-south-west, United Kingdom.
Derek Harper — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Nearest railway station
- Princes Wharf · 0.4 km
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
Getting there & planning your visit
Queen Square House is located in Bristol, postcode BS1 4QS, and is accessible by the nearest railway station, Princes Wharf, which is 0.4 km away. Entry is free, and the site is wheelchair accessible.
About
Queen Square House, Bristol is a garden of interest in england-south-west, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
Photo gallery
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Severn Estuary SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Queen Square House is an historic building situated in Queen Square, Bristol, England. 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. The building Was built using terracotta made by Gibbs and Canning of Tamworth. This is recorded in the Bristol mercury of 6 May 1886 - "The front, which is faced with buff terracotta and red brick...internally...buff terracotta, panels of pink terracotta containing symbolical figures being introduced into the dados..and the terracotta by Gibbs and Canning of Tamworth."
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 51.4502, -2.5932
- District
- Bristol, City of
- Parish
- Bristol, City of, unparished area
- Postcode
- BS1 4QS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bristol Central
- Established
- 1889
- Nearest railway station
- Princes Wharf — 0.4 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q7270508 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Queen Square House, Bristol (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Queen Square House, Bristol?
- Queen Square House, Bristol is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode BS1 4QS), in the parish of Bristol, City of, unparished area.
- What is Queen Square House, Bristol?
- Queen Square House, Bristol — a garden in england-south-west, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Queen Square House, Bristol?
- The nearest railway station is Princes Wharf, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode BS1 4QS.
- When was Queen Square House, Bristol built?
- Built or established in 1889. Designed by William Venn Gough.
- Is Queen Square House, Bristol a protected site?
- Yes — Queen Square House, Bristol is part of the Severn Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Queen Square House, Bristol?
- The nearest railway station is Princes Wharf, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BS1 4QS.