Wool Hall, Bristol

Wool Hall, Bristol

Infobox Historic building



caption=
name=The Wool Hall
location_town=Bristol
location_country=England
architect=Richard Shackleton Pope
client=
engineer=
construction_start_date=
completion_date=1830
date_demolished=
cost=£4400cite web | title=Wool Hall| work= Looking at Buildings | url=http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/default.asp?Document=3.C.1.3 | accessdate=2007-05-12]
structural_system=
style=Neoclassical
map_type=Bristol
latitude=51.452235
longitude=-2.589437

The Wool Hall in Bristol, England, is an historic building in St Thomas Street, constructed in 1830 to house the city's wool market. It is one of the earlier works of Richard Shackleton Pope, and has been described as 'the first quasi-industrial building in Bristol to attempt a real architectural facade'.cite web | title=No.12 The Wool Hall, including the Fleece and Firkin Public House| work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=380514 | accessdate=2007-05-12] The building now houses offices and a public house, appropriately named "The Fleece".

It is an example of the Bristol Byzantine style and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.

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