Blaise Hamlet

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Circular Cottage (left), with Sweetbriar Cottage immediately beyond

Blaise Hamlet
OS grid referenceST555785
Unitary authority
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRISTOL
Postcode districtBS10
Dialling code0117
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
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Blaise Hamlet is a hamlet in north west Bristol, England, composed of a group of nine 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 hamlet is the first fully realized exemplar of the garden suburb and laid out the road map for virtually all garden suburbs that followed.[1]

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 green. All the cottages, and the sundial on the green are Grade I listed buildings.

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

Buildings

Building House number Grade Photo Reference
Circular Cottage 8 I [2]
Dial Cottage 7 I [3]
Diamond Cottage 2 I [4]
Double Cottage 4 and 5 I [5]
Dutch Cottage 3 I [6]
Oak Cottage 1 I [7]
Rose Cottage 6 I [8]
Sweetbriar Cottage 9 I [9]
Vine Cottage 10 I [10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Stern, Robert A.M.; Fishman, David; Tilove, Jacob (2013). Paradise Planned: The Garden Suburb and the Modern City. The Monacelli Press. p. 23. ISBN 1580933262.
  2. ^ "Circular Cottage". Images of England. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
  3. ^ "Dial Cottage". Images of England. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
  4. ^ "Diamond Cottage". Images of England. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
  5. ^ "Double Cottage". Images of England. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
  6. ^ "Dutch Cottage". Images of England. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
  7. ^ "Oak Cottage". Images of England. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
  8. ^ "Rose Cottage". Images of England. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
  9. ^ "Sweetbriar Cottage". Images of England. Retrieved 14 March 2007.
  10. ^ "Vine Cottage". Images of England. Retrieved 14 March 2007.

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