Kingsdown is an area of
Bristol
Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...
, located on high ground immediately north of the
city centre and south of
Cotham. It lies within the Cotham
council ward.
Kingsdown remained rural until the 18th century, but around 1737 land on the southern slope was laid out to become Bristol's first planned suburb. The area was fully developed over the remainder of the century, and as a result Kingsdown has a mostly
Georgian character. There are more than 200
listed building
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s, and much of the area has been a
conservation area since 1973.
St Matthew's Church was built on the northern side of Kingsdown between 1833 and 1835.
References
Areas of Bristol
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