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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 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]
Queen Square House is an historic building situated in Queen Square, Bristol, England. Originally constructed in 1889 to the plans of William Venn Gough , as the Port of Bristol Authority Docks Office, it is in a richly decorated Classical style with a roof in the French Empire style.
The first mansion house in Bristol was erected in Queen Square in 1783. [1] A carriage carrying the anti-reform judge Charles Wetherell and the mayor Charles Pinney was attacked on 29 October 1831 and they sought refuge in the mansion house. [2]
William Barrett (1789), History and antiquities of the city of Bristol, Bristol: Printed by W. Pine, OCLC 2435385, OL 6929248M; Archibald Robertson (1792), "City of Bristol", Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol, London, OCLC 1633468; Mathew's New History of Bristol or Complete Guide. 1794.
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 ]
Trials of the rioters were held in January 1832, 102 were tried and 31 were sentenced to death. [17] One of the men sentenced to hang was a retired tradesman whose only crime was to shout encouragement to the rioters. He was singled out by the court for particular punishment because of the respectable position he held in society. [14]
English: One of 4 statues representing America, Asia, Africa and Europe on Queens Square House, 19-21 Queen Square, Bristol by an unknown artist, from 1885-86. Building was the former offices of the Bristol Docks Authority.