Blaise Hamlet

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Pillar sundial on the green and Circular Cottage behind

Coordinates: 51°30′13″N 2°38′33″W / 51.5036°N 2.6425°W / 51.5036; -2.6425

Blaise Hamlet
Blaise Hamlet is located in Bristol
Blaise Hamlet

 Blaise Hamlet shown within Bristol
OS grid reference ST555785
Unitary authority Bristol
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRISTOL
Postcode district BS10
Dialling code 0117
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Avon
Ambulance Great Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Bristol North West
List of places: UK • England • Bristol
National Trust sign at Blaise Hamlet

Blaise Hamlet is a hamlet in north west Bristol, England, composed of a complex of small cottages around a green. They were built around 1811 for retired employees of Quaker banker and philanthropist John Scandrett Harford, who owned Blaise Castle House.

The hamlet was designed by John Nash, master of the Picturesque style. He had worked for Harford on other buildings.

The cottages are now owned by the National Trust. They are still occupied and not open to the public, but the ensemble may be viewed from the outside. All the cottages, and the sundial on the green (which is accessible to the public), are Grade I listed buildings.

Rose Cottage is now rented out by the National Trust as a holiday cottage.

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[edit] The buildings

Building House Number Grade Photo Reference
Circular Cottage 8 I Circular Cottage, Blaise Hamlet.jpg [1]
Dial Cottage 7 I [2]
Diamond Cottage 2 I [3]
Double Cottage 4 & 5 I [4]
Dutch Cottage 3 I [5]
Oak Cottage 1 I Oak Cottage, Blaise Hamlet.jpg [6]
Rose Cottage 6 [7]
Sweetbriar Cottage 9 I [8]
Vine Cottage 10 I [9]

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