tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post2298214629930362971..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: BristolPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-32322286050030253352015-10-06T09:45:28.326+01:002015-10-06T09:45:28.326+01:00The brickwork on the Granary was designed to cover...The brickwork on the Granary was designed to cover each and every style of the day. Apprentices would stand outside and sketch them so that they could apply the styles to their own buildings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-32095204354792715512011-08-24T10:58:32.632+01:002011-08-24T10:58:32.632+01:00James: Yes, there's tremendous variety in Bris...James: Yes, there's tremendous variety in Bristol's architecture - including, away from the centre but still very much part of the place, Regency Clifton, picturesque Blaise Hamlet, and Brunel's great bridge.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-69643654866374527782011-08-24T10:45:59.551+01:002011-08-24T10:45:59.551+01:00Hels, please don't feel sorry for Bristol. Tru...Hels, please don't feel sorry for Bristol. True, it is no longer the most important port outside London, as it was in the 18th century, but in truth the city's glory days ended with the rise of Liverpool in the early 19th century. Bristol's strength always lay in the diversity of its industry and commerce, which has enabled the old place to avoid the post-industrial blight that has affected cities like Manchester. Today this is a small, friendly city and - rather bizarrely - a tourist destination. In this respect the renovation of the Floating Harbour since its closure to commercial shipping in the 1970s has been particularly successful. Architecturally, what is so fascinating about the city is the survival of buildings and streets from so many periods, from the medieval grandeur of St Mary Redcliffe to the Bristol Byzantine warehouses described here.James Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-24872354267201737342011-08-24T08:19:31.874+01:002011-08-24T08:19:31.874+01:00Thank you, Peter. Bristol is indeed a place rich i...Thank you, Peter. Bristol is indeed a place rich in brick and stone.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-49621233041960947692011-08-24T07:50:57.390+01:002011-08-24T07:50:57.390+01:00Phil, I remember you introducing me to this fabulo...Phil, I remember you introducing me to this fabulous building, and many others in Bristol- one of my favourite English cities. Thankyou for this reminder.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-18508857640923183782011-08-22T10:55:52.092+01:002011-08-22T10:55:52.092+01:00George: The Oxford English Dictionary cites this i...George: The Oxford English Dictionary cites this instance in Dana as the first appearance of the phrase in print. It seems to have been very much connected to the city's 19th-century maritime heyday.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-60503099266965500652011-08-22T00:02:53.168+01:002011-08-22T00:02:53.168+01:00I noticed a few nights ago in Two Years Before the...I noticed a few nights ago in <i>Two Years Before the Mast</i> the phrase "shipshape and in Bristol fashion"; Dana puts it in quotation marks and I take that the phrase was current on American ships then, in the middle 1830s.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-37367865971192219712011-08-21T11:35:56.250+01:002011-08-21T11:35:56.250+01:00Bazza, Hels: Thank you both for your comments. Bri...Bazza, Hels: Thank you both for your comments. Bristol, of course, was still a very important place at the time of World War II, when it took a terrible pounding. There's still so much going on there, though, and so much to admire.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-79323140033853255072011-08-21T03:11:10.431+01:002011-08-21T03:11:10.431+01:00I love Bristol too, and often feel sorry for the c...I love Bristol too, and often feel sorry for the city that was once one of the most important cities in the entire nation. But I am even more impressed that they built the Welsh Back Granary in such an exotic, Byzantine style. Back in the 1860s, the polychrome bricks, pointed arches and battlements would have been a BIG statement.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-38460253092116122862011-08-20T20:02:50.721+01:002011-08-20T20:02:50.721+01:00I love Bristol and I'm a sucker for fancy bric...I love Bristol and I'm a sucker for fancy brickwork (you can't beat Malborough for that in my somewhat limited view!).<br />Thank you for your interesting background to this familiar building.<br /><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Click here for Bazza’s Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.com