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Queen Square is a 2.4 hectares (5.9 acres) Georgian square in the centre of Bristol, England. [1] Following the 1831 riot, Queen Square declined through the latter part of the 19th century, was threatened with a main line railway station, but then bisected by a dual carriageway in the 1930s.
The equestrian statue of William III is a historic statue in the centre of Queen Square in Bristol, England.It is a Grade I listed building. [1]The statue of William III by John Michael Rysbrack, [2] cast in 1733 and erected in 1736 to signify Bristol's Whig support of the Crown and Parliament Recognition Act 1689. [3]
Queen Square is a large Georgian square south of the city centre. In 1936 the Square was bisected diagonally by Bristol's inner circuit road. Traffic has now been diverted, and the restored Square has received a number of awards including a Green Flag Award, [7] the Landscape Institution Landscape and Heritage Award. [8]
The Sailors Refuge is an historic house situated at 27–29 Queen Square, Bristol, England. It dates from 1709 to 1710 and is one of the few remaining houses from the original construction of the square. [1] It was one of the architecturally richer houses, and provides an example of what the more demanding segment of houseowners required. [2]
In the 1830s, much of Queen Square was rebuilt following damage caused during the Bristol Riots, [59] and to the north of the city, Kings Square. The most fashionable areas were at the top of the hill, as in wet weather the cesspits overflowed down the hill. [8]
Queen Square on the Night of 30 October 1831, a contemporary depiction of the riots The 3rd Dragoon Guards act to suppress the riots. The 1831 Bristol riots took place on 29–31 October 1831 and were part of the 1831 reform riots in England.
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