Berkeley Square, Bristol

Berkeley Square, Bristol

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Berkeley Square
latitude= 51.455204
longitude= -2.605816
civil_parish=
population =
unitary_england= Bristol
lieutenancy_england= Bristol
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Bristol East
post_town= BRISTOL|postcode_district = BS
postcode_area= BS|dial_code= 0117
os_grid_reference= ST580730

Berkeley Square is close to Park Street in the Clifton area of Bristol.

It was laid out around 1790 in Georgian style with a central grass area behind railings, by Thomas and William Paty.

Numbers 12-18 were damaged during the Bristol Blitz in World War II and were rebuilt to maintain the same facade.

Many of the buildings are now owned and used by the University of Bristol. Others are hotels and offices

Number 24 was used as the main exterior in the BBC television drama The House of Eliott

Architecture

Many of the buildings now have grade II* listed building status.
* Nos.1-8 [cite web | title=Nos.1-8 (Consecutive) and attached railings and gates | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=378956 | accessdate=2007-02-22]
* Nos.11-19 [cite web | title= Nos.11-19 (Consecutive) and attached railings | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=378958 | accessdate=2007-02-22]
* Nos 20-30 [cite web | title=Nos.20-30 (Consecutive) and attached railings and gates | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=378959 | accessdate=2007-02-22]

High Cross

The statue in the gardens is a replica of the Bristol High Cross which was erected in the city in 1373 honouring various British monarchs, and moved to College Green in 1733. The statue was then given in 1768 to Stourhead gardens and can be seen there today. [cite web | title=Stourhead: The Bristol High Cross | work=Follies and Monuments | url=http://www.follytowers.com/stourheadtrail1.html | accessdate=2007-05-11] . The current statue is a replica which was originally sited on College Green was made by John Norton in 1851 and removed in the late 1940s. The Bristol Civic Society purchased the remains in 1950 and re-erected the truncated remains seen today in Berkeley Square. [cite web | title=The High Cross | work=About Bristol | url=http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/old-04.asp | accessdate=2007-05-11] , [cite web | title=Parks and Gardens in Avon Register 1991 (revised and updated December 2001) | work=Bristol City Council | format=PDF | url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/download/asset/?asset_id=17607004 | accessdate=2007-05-11] , [cite web | title=The First 50 years of the Bristol Civic Society | work=Bristol Civic Society | format= | url=http://www.digitalbristol.org/members/civsoc/bcs/bcs.htm | accessdate=2007-05-11]

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