Granary, Bristol, Grade II* listed building in Welsh Back, Bristol, England
The Granary on Welsh Back is a former grain storage building from the 19th century that now houses private apartments. Its red brick facade carries black and white decorative patterning and limestone details that stand out along the waterfront.
The building was designed in 1869 by Archibald Ponton and William Venn Gough for a local trading company that moved grain through Bristol's port. It was renovated in 2002 and converted into apartments.
The building on Welsh Back was once a live music venue that drew local and national bands through the 1970s and 1980s. That chapter of its life still comes up in conversations among older Bristol residents who remember the nights spent there.
The interior is not open to visitors since the building is privately used as apartments. The best view of the facade is from the Welsh Back riverside path, where you can walk close enough to take in the details at street level.
Byzantine Revival was a style typically reserved for churches and public buildings, making its use here on a working grain store genuinely unusual. If you look closely at the exterior walls, you can still spot the wide openings that once allowed air to circulate through the stored grain.
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