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Jacob Street, BRISTOL, BS2 0HG

The old Trinity Hospital almshouses back wall has some incongruous features.

A development of modern studio apartments at the junction of Unity Street and Midland Road

A terrace of shops leading up to the junction with the A420 West Street. Across the junction, on the extreme left, is the Palace Hotel https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1219436 ; see also http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=83043420 .

Some interesting features of the old Trinity Hospital almshouses. The original almshouses were built by a city merchant, sheriff and mayor of Bristol, John Barstaple, in about 1402. The buildings were rebuilt many times, especially between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, and are now private flats.

The building nearest the camera, on the corner of Waterloo Road, hosts the "Puzzlair 4D urban escape game" - a recent craze among young adults, which at least finds a use for otherwise disused buildings.

The junction on the right is with Waterloo Road, and the view is from Unity Street. The house on the corner is occupied by Puzzlair, "Real Life 4D Escape Game" rooms.

The buildings are based on the original site of John Barstaple's houses. Barstaple was a merchant, sheriff, mayor and benefactor of old Bristol from about 1400. He was awarded a royal charter 'to grant land in the suburb of Bristol to the mayor and commonalty of Bristol to build a hospital for poor persons'. The present buildings are a mixture, being extensively rebuilt between 1858 and 1883. In 2010 the houses were sold off and became private residences; the funds were used to build new charity houses elsewhere.

Run down shops and former pub.

An unexpected drinking fountain at the junction of Old Market Street and Midland Road. It is on the wall of the old Holy Trinity Hospital, also known as Barstaple Almshouses. They were established around 1400 by a wealthy merchant, John Barstaple.