Blaise Hamlet
Blaise Hamlet | |
Gloucestershire | |
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Pillar sundial on the green and Circular Cottage behind | |
Location | |
Grid reference: | ST555785 |
Location: | 51°30’13"N, 2°38’33"W |
Data | |
Post town: | Bristol |
Postcode: | BS10 |
Dialling code: | 0117 |
Local Government | |
Council: | Bristol |
Parliamentary constituency: |
Bristol North West |
Blaise Hamlet is a hamlet in Gloucestershire, increasingly hemmed in by the spreading townscape of northern Bristol but a place retaining its own integrity and character. The hamlet is composed of a complex of small cottages around a green. They were built around 1811 for retired employees of Quaker banker and philanthropist John Scandrett Harford, who owned Blaise Castle House.
The hamlet was designed by John Nash, master of the Picturesque style. He had worked for Harford on other buildings.
The cottages are now owned by the National Trust. They are still occupied and not open to the public, but the ensemble may be viewed from the outside. All the cottages, and the sundial on the green (which is accessible to the public), are Grade-I listed buildings.
Rose Cottage is now rented out by the National Trust as a holiday cottage.
Buildings
Building | House Number | Grade | Photo | Reference |
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Circular Cottage | 8 | I | [1] | |
Dial Cottage | 7 | I | [2] | |
Diamond Cottage | 2 | I | [3] | |
Double Cottage | 4 & 5 | I | [4] | |
Dutch Cottage | 3 | I | [5] | |
Oak Cottage | 1 | I | [6] | |
Rose Cottage | 6 | [7] | ||
Sweetbriar Cottage | 9 | I | [8] | |
Vine Cottage | 10 | I | [9] |
References
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (379691) Circular Cottage
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (379690) Dial Cottage
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (379686) Diamond Cottage
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (379688) Double Cottage
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (379687) Dutch Cottage
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (379685) Oak Cottage
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (379689) Rose Cottage
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (379692) Sweetbriar Cottage
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (379693) Vine Cottage
Outside links
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Blaise Hamlet) |
- Blaise Hamlet information at the National Trust]