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Worcester Road, BRISTOL, BS8 3JL

This is but one example of the variety of building stones in Bristol. The frontage is of grey Pennant Sandstone; the dressings are presumed to be Bath Stone; the end wall is probably Dolomitic Conglomerate. Three for the price of one! A display in Bristol Museum and Art Gallery explains: Dolomitic Conglomerate. Deposits that were laid down in desert conditions around the margins of uplands during the Triassic period. Very variable in colour – yellows and reds are most common – and in grain size from fine sand up to large boulders. Uses. Rough walling and coursed squared rubble walling, especially in Clifton and Redland. Sources. Often dug on the spot where houses were built. Quarries on the north side of the King's Weston Ridge supplied a good quality ashlar stone.

A well established private communal garden in the heart of Bristol. The grounds contain an interesting collection of trees and shrubs. Serving the nearby houses and apartments.

Parishioners from Clifton Cathedral are gathered in Worcester Gardens to mark nine years of service by the former Dean - Bosco MacDonald - who has become the 10th Bishop of Clifton. Here, the Bishop (left) receives a collective donation, by grateful members of the Clifton Diocese, from the new Dean (right). The former Bishop - Declan Long - retired recently on health grounds and has moved to Bath.

Clifton College

Charles Underwood (1791 – 5 March 1883, Clifton, Bristol) was a builder in Cheltenham who moved to Bristol, where he became a neo-classical architect and built these houses on Worcester Terrace.

A view of the Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul (a.k.a. Clifton Cathedral) at the point where Clifton Park joins Worcester Road. These premises replaced the former wooden framed Roman Catholic Pro-Cathedral and associated buildings in Park Place, off Queen's Road. The new cathedral was built by John Laing & Son Ltd and was consecrated on 29 June 1973. The exterior panels are of pink Aberdeen granite and the tripartite spire is of reinforced concrete.

Viewed from the Clifton Park end looking towards College Road.

Clifton, Bristol

"There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night..." the opening line of a poem by Sir Henry Newbolt referring to this school ground. A general view of the school premises from the cricket field (a.k.a. The Close). W.G Grace played here and his children were educated here. Also, whilst batting here for Clarke’s House against North Town during a junior match, Arthur Edward Jeune Collins completed an innings of 628 not out to claim a new record in an innings that spanned four afternoons. His record stood for over 116 years. Sadly Collins died in action on 11 November 1914 aged 29.