Western College, in
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 ...
, England, opened in 1906 as a theological college for the
Congregational Union of England and Wales
The Congregational Union of England and Wales brought together churches in England and Wales in the Congregational tradition between 1831 and 1966.
The Congregational churches emerged from the Puritan movement, each church operating independently ...
. The building was designed by the Bristol architect
Henry Dare Bryan, and given Grade II* listing in 1966. It closed in 1968, and the building was subsequently used as the HQ of the
Southern Universities Joint Examination Board, and since 1993 as a medical practice.
References
Former theological colleges in England
Congregationalism in the United Kingdom
University and college buildings completed in 1906
Grade II* listed buildings in Bristol
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