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Architecture of South West England

10 March 2010
1869 – Highfield House, Gloucester

1869 – Highfield House, Gloucester

Architect: Giles & Biven From The Architect and Contract Reporter, October 30 1869: Our illustration of this week represents a subject of much interest to our non-professional readers. The English gentleman’s house””the something...

20 July 2010
1870 –  St. Andrew’s Church at Toddington Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

1870 – St. Andrew’s Church at Toddington Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Architect: George Edmund Street St. Andrews, the 3rd church to stand on this site in Toddington, was designed by George Edmund Street who had been commissioned by the 3rd Lord Sudeley. Work started...

14 October 2009
1870 – Liverpool & London Insurance Offices, Bristol, Gloucestershire

1870 – Liverpool & London Insurance Offices, Bristol, Gloucestershire

Architect: W. Bruce Gingell From The Builder, June 4, 1870: THE elaborately ornamented building of which we publish a view in our present issue has been erected in Corn street Bristol as the...

13 October 2009
1870 – Philiosophical Institution and Library, Bristol, Gloucestershire

1870 – Philiosophical Institution and Library, Bristol, Gloucestershire

Architect: Foster & Ponton From The Builder March 5 1870: The building for those amalgamated institutions at the top of Park street close to several other important edifices is progressing towards completion and...

14 February 2011
1871 – Premiated Design for Assize Courts, Bristol, Gloucestershire

1871 – Premiated Design for Assize Courts, Bristol, Gloucestershire

Architect: Godwin & Crisp Front Elevation published in The Building News, June 9th 1871. An interesting background into this design was published in The Architect, May 8, 1869: “we have Messrs. Godwin &...

06 March 2013
1871 – Selected Design for Bristol Assize Courts

1871 – Selected Design for Bristol Assize Courts

Architect: Popes & Bindon The assize courts were attached to the rear of the Guildhall between 1867-70, by TS Pope and J Bindon. Constructed after a contentious architectural competition, it is a Grade...

07 February 2013
1871 – Tolveau House, Redruth, Cornwall

1871 – Tolveau House, Redruth, Cornwall

Architect: James Hicks From The Building News, March 3 1871: “OUR illustration this week shows tho residence, as altered, of Alfred Lanyou, Esq., Redruth, which is situated in the centre of the richest...

07 January 2013
1871 – Villa Residence, Camborne, Cornwall

1871 – Villa Residence, Camborne, Cornwall

Architect: James Hicks Perspective View published in The Building News, December 8th 1871.

05 March 2013
1871 – West of England Sanatorium, Weston-Super-Mare, Somersetshire

1871 – West of England Sanatorium, Weston-Super-Mare, Somersetshire

Architect: Hans F. Price Much of the character of the buildings in the town of Weston-super-Mare derives from the use of local stone. Notable among the architects working in the 19th century was...