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List entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: MULLER HOUSE MULLER HOMES (CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE)

List entry Number: 1375995

Location

MULLER HOUSE MULLER HOMES (CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE), ASHLEY DOWN ROAD

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County	District	District Type	Parish
	City of Bristol	Unitary Authority

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 05-Aug-1998

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

Legacy System Information

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 469976

Asset Groupings

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List entry Description

Summary of Building

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History

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Details

ST5975 BRISTOL ASHLEY DOWN ROAD ASHLEY DOWN 901-1/32/10059 Muller House: Muller Homes (City of Bristol College) GV II Orphanage. 1862, by John Foster and Son of Bristol, for George Muller. Coursed Pennant stone rubble with Bath stone window &ames. Slate hipped and gable-ended roofs with bracketed verges. Stone axial stacks with cornices. PLAN: Large building, the centI:al enmnce block with flanking wings with cross-wings at the ends, and with workshop ranges at the back. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. The centre block 3:3:3 bays, the projecting outer bays gabled, the centre with Tuscan tecrastyle stone portico with pair:ed square columns, the centre breaking forward with round columns. 5-bay wings to left and right with end cross-wings and 2-storey 8-bay outer wings. 12-pane sashes in plain stone architraves. At rear, single-storey workshop ranges with similar sash windows. INTERIOR: Open-well stair:case with cast-iron balustrade with mahogany handrail and cast-iron scrolls supporting stone treads; arched stairwell windows. NOTE: Muller House was the third offive large barrack-type orphanage buildings to be built&om 1847-1870 by the Prussian-born pastor and philanthropist George Muller. Muller used this block as his HQ and home. The oI"phanage was built entirely from voluntary contributions. SOURCE: Buildings of England, p. 457.



Listing NGR: ST5987775508

Selected Sources

1. Article  Reference - Author: Nikolaus Pevsner - Title: North Somerset and Bristol - Date: 1958 - Journal Title: The Buildings of England - Page References: 457

National Grid Reference: ST 59877 75508

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