Caledonia Place, Bristol
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Caledonia Place is a late 18th-century terrace of 31
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houses, located between
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and Princess Victoria Street in the
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area of Bristol. The postcode is within the Clifton ward and electoral division, which is in the constituency of
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.


History

Caledonia Place was completed in 1843 by architects T Foster and W Okely, The area has
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and has mid
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style. Each three storey house has an attic and basement and has rear elevations differentiated by fine cast-iron Grecian balconies. In 1852, Lord Macaulay once lived at number 16 Caledonia Place. Numbers 32 to 44 Caledonia Place was completed in 1788 to the design of Bath
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and
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, John Eveleigh. The central and end houses of the terrace are pedimented and broken forward with the variation giving the terrace a palatial appearance. Numbers 43 and 44 were converted into one in 1922 to form a bank. In February 2015, following the introduction of a
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by Bristol City Council, English Heritage advised the council that it should have sought listed building consent for the erection of parking restriction signs on railings outside listed buildings in the street. The Mall, one of Clifton’s thriving commercial thoroughfares, and to the southern end of the terrace is the Avon Gorge and
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are close by.


References

{{reflist Houses completed in 1788 Grade II* listed buildings in Bristol Streets in Bristol Clifton, Bristol 1788 establishments in England