Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Bristol Colonade ....


"Admired by its alert contemporary Horace Walpole for its grace as a Classical Composition, and enriched by Gothic Detail, it was also held in high regard by the Council for the Preservation of Ancient Bristol, whose good offices and the generosity of its former owners, The Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company, have made possible its preservation in Portmeirion"


" This Colonade built circa 1760 by the Quaker copper smelter William Reeve. It stood before his Bath House at Arnos Court, Bristol. Damaged by bombs, it had fallen to decay, although scheduled as an Ancient Monument. Her Majesty's Minister of Works approved its removal on condition that it should be here re-scheduled"

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