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St. PETER'S HOSPITAL, BRISTOL. (Part 1)

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    Posted 10 years ago

    vetraio50
    (751 items)

    The Millers collected two cards of St. Peter's Hospital in 1906. The colour version here is a card published by M.J. Ridley (1903-1921) of Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, England.

    "A photographer and publisher of hand colored postcards of regional views. Their cards are often only marked M.J.R. B."
    http://www.metropostcard.com/publishersr1.html

    In this case it is marked M.J.R. - B 2762.

    What a lovely "Old English Building"!
    Jacobean?

    No it was even earlier!

    A merchant Thomas Norton was the first to build on the site near St Peter's Church down a narrow laneway in the 14th century. It was a mansion even then. A frontage of over 130 feet. Three normal building blocks at the time. This guy was a very successful merchant who exported through the port of Bristol to France, Spain and Portugal.

    Two centuries later it was renovated in the Jacobean style that you see in the photo. Again this was the work of a wealthy merchant, Robert Aldworth. He had made his money with trade to the New World!

    Sugar!

    " .... he played a part in the exploration of northern Virginia. Aldworth was prominent in the Society of Merchant Venturers, whose coat of arms he placed on a fireplace of his new mansion. On the river front he proudly displayed his own monogram and merchant's mark, with the date 1612.

    The façade facing the church was embellished with the satyrs of Greek and Roman mythology. The effect is far from Classical though. Jacobean builders liked to graft hints of the Renaissance onto sturdy vernacular stock. Inside the house pagan imagery gave way to Christian in a frieze carved with Biblical scenes.

    Beside all this domestic display, Aldworth built himself a workshop. He bought adjoining properties, which he rebuilt in a simpler style than his house. He or his heir used this wing as a sugar refinery, so the whole building became known as the Sugar House."

    http://www.buildinghistory.org/bristol/stpetershospital.shtml

    But there is more to tell! ..............

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    1. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks KERRY10456 'n WINDWALKER too!
    2. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks RONM & AGHCOLLECT too!
    3. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks FORTAPACHE!
    4. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks SEAN!
    5. SEAN68 SEAN68, 10 years ago
      Very beautiful!!! has that Danish ,Swedish ,Norway look to the hospital!!
    6. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks MIKELV 'n AUSTRO too!

      Check this out SEAN:
      hospital (n.)
      mid-13c., "shelter for the needy,"
      from Old French hospital, ospital "hostel" (Modern French hôpital),
      from Late Latin hospitale "guest-house, inn,"
      neuter of Latin adjective hospitalis "of a guest or host,"
      from hospes (genitive hospitis).

      Later "charitable institution to house and maintain the needy" (early 15c.); sense of "institution for sick people" is first recorded 1540s.
    7. SEAN68 SEAN68, 10 years ago
      wow that is a really old hospital!!!
    8. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks KYRATANGO!

      In this case it was a home for the needy rather than what we call a hospital.
    9. racer4four racer4four, 10 years ago
      Wonderful building....what is it used for now?
      Where are the satyrs? I LOVE a satyr....am I missing them?
    10. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks KAREN. They are hidden in the balusters I think. More about the building tomorrow!
    11. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks RACER4FOUR, ANTIQUES IN NJ, GEO26e 'n GARY too!
    12. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      I love the house!
    13. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks ELISABETHAN, DON, MANIKIN 'n BLUNDERBUSS2 too!
    14. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks PHIL 'n MOON too!
    15. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks INKY 'n MIKELV!
    16. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks ANTIQUES IN NJ!
    17. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks LEAH!
    18. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks RONM!
    19. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks POPS 'n TOM!
    20. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Many thanks GARGOYLECOLLECTOR!
    21. vetraio50 vetraio50, 8 years ago
      Many thanks AURA & BRUNSWICK too !!!!'

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