Norfolk Buildings

The Linden Tree
Norfolk Buildings, centre terrace.
Norfolk Buildings, south end.

Norfolk Buildings is a terrace of grade II listed houses at 73-91 Bristol Road, Gloucester, on the east side between Theresa Street and Alma Place.

The buildings were begun in 1836 to a design by the architect Thomas Fulljames in the Greek Revival style for the reverend Samuel Lysons of nearby Hempsted Court.[1] It was originally known as Theresa Place.[2] In 1829 they were described by the local writer George Worrall Counsel as "a very handsome row of elegant houses".[3] The north end of the terrace was the Norfolk House Hotel[4] but is now The Linden Tree pub under the management of Wadworth Brewery.[5] To the rear of the buildings is Alma Terrace.

Lysons also developed houses from 1854 in Theresa Street, originally known as Clarence Town, and Alma Place. Lysons Avenue is a short distance to the south.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Verey, David & Alan Brooks. (2002). The Buildings of England Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and the Forest of Dean (3rd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 507. ISBN 9780300097337.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Norfolk Buildings (1245993)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ Counsel, George Worrall (1829). The history and description of the city of Gloucester: From the earliest period to the present time; with an account of St. Peter's Abbey, the cathedral, churches, and other religious houses; ...the origin and present state of the port of Gloucester; the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal. Printed for J. Bulgin. p. 192. Norfolk Buildings Bristol Road, Gloucester.
  4. ^ Linden Tree Inn, formerly Norfolk House Hotel, 73/75 Bristol Road, with abstract of... National Archives. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  5. ^ Linden Tree. What Pub. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

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