Category: Interesting Buildings

  • Henbury & Brentry Newsletter from 2008 – 2012

    There is a large amount of interesting  information about Henbury and Brentry accessible through this link. It was compiled by Marianna Georgiou and we owe her a debt of gratititude for all the work involved

  • Two Planning Applications by Henbury Lodge Hotel

    Two applications were submitted at the end of last month. They were applications numbered  21/00194/F and  21/00195/LA. You can view them here: www.bristol.gov.uk/planningonline Both seem to be similar are are for a 5m ‘temporary’ building replacing existing sheds  and reaching almost to the west boundary. I have made comments on behalf of the Conservation Society […]

  • Woodstock School – PLANNING APPLICATION 20/04520/LA

    This application for an external canopy along the Stable Block has been refused by the planners. Here is a link to front elevation of proposed canopy. The planner’s reason for refusal is:- ” The proposal would result in harm to the architectural and historical significance of the building which is Listed as Grade II level. […]

  • Henbury Court in 1908

    An image from the Know your Place Vaughan postcard project. Henbury Court was demolished in the 1950s.

  • The Great House and Neptune

    Andrew Chugg’s illustrated talk on the history of The Great House was full of interesting facts. He has kindly made his slides available and they can be found here . And the good news is that I have located Neptune in the grounds of Woodstock School. Andrew and I are working on the next steps […]

  • Henbury’s Great House – Wednesday 15th October

    Andrew Chugg has made a detailed study of the story of this magnificent building, which is long demolished, and will be giving an illustrated talk in the Village Hall after the AGM on 15th October. Meeting start time is 7:30 pm.

  • Houses of Interest in Henbury

    The plan here is to use this page to guide you to information about interesting houses in Henbury. Houses which are interesting from the historic and architectural viewpoint and also houses in which interesting men and women have lived. As information becomes available it will be added here H1 THE ELMS – Link to history […]