IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Templegate, BRISTOL, BS1 6PX
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Templegate, BS1 6PX by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (1016 Images Found)
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To his ever-lasting glory
The Reckless Engineer. Who? Mr I.K. Brunel? Surely not!
Yes, him. Brunel is rightly acclaimed as one of the finest engineers ever to grace this country. However, it tends to overlook the often fractious and temperamental relationships with backers and other engineers. Pointedly enough, this pub is right opposite the approach to Temple Meads station.
Still, here's to his memory.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 28 Jun 2013
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The Reckless Engineer, Bristol
Temple Gate pub viewed from Station Approach, Bristol Temple Meads.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 21 Oct 2012
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Reckless Engineer pub sign, Bristol
The pub sign hangs from a bracket attached to the wall of this pub. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3216105
It depicts a young Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Why reckless? Perhaps the namers of the pub wished to draw attention to the flaws in a complex character. Though Brunel unquestionably produced much excellent work, he had many failures too. One example was the short-lived atmospheric railway between Exeter and Newton Abbot, which had many design faults. The Bristol historian John Latimer, writing in 1887, described Brunel as an "inexperienced theorist enamoured of novelty, prone to seek for difficulties rather than to evade them, and utterly indifferent as to the outlay which his recklessness entailed upon his employers".
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 8 Nov 2012
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The Sidings
A newer name for an older pub opposite Temple Meads station. Previously it was known as the Reckless Engineer (Brunel was sometimes called that!) and before that it was simply the Brunel.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 11 Sep 2021
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Cycle stand on Temple Gate
Including a Mk 3 Raleigh Chopper with a single seater saddle, vee brakes and handlebar mounted gear shifter.
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 2 Aug 2011
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Front view of Holiday Inn Express Bristol City Centre
The hotel is in Temple Gate, near the approach road to Bristol Temple Meads railway station.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 21 Oct 2012
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Temple Meads to Ashton Gate (3)
Looking south-east along Temple Gate
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 13 Feb 2016
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Temple Meads to Ashton Gate (2)
Looking down Station Approach towards The Holiday Inn
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 13 Feb 2016
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Bristol Old Station, Temple Meads
Described at https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1209622 . "Built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, for the Great Western Railway Company, the station is in the Tudor Revival style. It is built in limestone ashlar and is axially-planned with offices, an engine shed and passenger shed. The functional space of the station was designed by Brunel and is today (2009) almost entirely intact" https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1008221 .
"Engine Shed" now "houses ... an exciting hub for activity where entrepreneurs, business leaders, academics, students, and corporates can collaborate ..." http://www.engine-shed.co.uk/ .
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 5 Apr 2018
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Side view of Holiday Inn Express Bristol City Centre
Viewed across Temple Gate.
The hotel is near the approach road to Bristol Temple Meads railway station.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 21 Oct 2012
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