Clifton Hill House

Clifton Hill House

Clifton Hill House
Shown within Bristol
Building
Architectural style	Palladian
Town	Bristol
Country	England
Client	Paul Fisher
Coordinates	51°27′40″N 2°37′05″W / 51.461092°N -2.618172°E / 51.461092; -2.618172Coordinates: 51°27′40″N 2°37′05″W / 51.461092°N -2.618172°E / 51.461092; -2.618172
Construction
Started	1746
Completed	1750
Design team
Architect	Isaac Ware

Clifton Hill House (grid reference ST571737) is a grade I listed^[1] Palladian villa in the Clifton area of Bristol, England which is now used as a hall of residence by the University of Bristol. The current Warden is Mrs. A M Burnside.

History

Clifton Hill House

It was built between 1746 and 1750 for the wealthy merchant and philanthropist Paul Fisher, by Isaac Ware, a nationally renowned architect and translator of Palladio's works. Thomas Paty, later a notable Bristol architect, worked as a mason during its construction. The house stands on a steep slope, so that while only three stories face the street, the five-bay garden front is four stories tall with low wings (both raised from one story to two during the nineteenth century) and a double flight of steps down to the garden. Original rococo plasterwork, by Joseph Thomas, survives in a number of interior rooms.^[2]

The house was later home to the nineteenth century 'man-of-letters', John Addington Symonds, whose father had bought the house in 1851. The university bought the house from the Symonds family in 1909 to create the first hall of residence for women in south-west England. The university has since bought adjacent property and added modern accommodation blocks to form four areas: Old Clifton, Callander, Fry and South Wings. It houses approximately 230 students.

The Hall has been used by the BBC as a film location for the 'The House of Eliott' and for episodes of 'Casualty'.^[3]

Callandar House which dates from the late 18th century is itself grade II listed.^[4]

External links

• Website
• JCR
• Bristol Student Union's alterntative prospectus entry on Clifton Hill House

References

1. ^ "Clifton Hill House and attached front walls". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=379238. Retrieved on 2007-03-14. 
2. ^ Burrough, THB (1970). Bristol. London: Studio Vista. ISBN 0289798043. 
3. ^ "History of Clifton Hill House". University of Bristol. http://www.cliftonhillhouse.co.uk/history/. Retrieved on 2007-03-14. 
4. ^ "Callandar House". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=379237. Retrieved on 2007-03-14. 

• Andrew Foyle (2004). Pevsner Architectural Guides: Bristol. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10442-1. 
• Walter Ison (1978). The Georgian Buildings of Bristol. Kingsmead Press. ISBN 0-901571-88-1. 
• Andor Gomme (1979). Bristol: an Architectural History. Lund Humphries. ISBN 0-85331-409-8. 

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