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35: 42: 231:, one of the commissioners or visitors charged with inspecting monastic houses, reported that the contents of the friary only just met the debts owed by the friars. He described a chapel with lead roofing, gardens and a "goodly howse in byldenge, mete for a great man", also a conduit bringing fresh water from 219:
by the quay. He added that it was "the fairest friary in England". The friary had a large expanse of adjoining land extending up St Michael's Hill. This was used for horticulture and the Carmelites sold produce to augment their income.
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A Collectanea relating to the Bristol Friars Minors (Gray Friars) and their convent: together with a concise history of the dissolution of the houses of the four orders of mendicant friars in Bristol
184:, a venue for concerts, was built on part of the friary site in the 19th century. A 20th-century office block named Whitefriars, built a short distance way, preserves the name. 279:, which now occupies the site. Excavations during the building of the adjacent Colston House in the early 20th century found medieval walls, burials and floor tiles. 208:, described the church as having dimensions of 45 by 25 yards (41 m × 23 m), with a tower 200 feet (61 m) high. The friary was described by the 679: 98: 172:
Much of the site was then redeveloped by Sir John Young, who built a "Great House" there. This later became a boys' school founded by
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mansion, the Great House, built in the late 16th century by John Young, who had bought the friary from Bristol Corporation after the
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Antiquities of Bristow in the middle centuries; including the topography by William Wyrcestre, and the life of William Canynges
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office complex. The building has thirteen floors and stands 49 metres (161 ft) high. It was completed in 1976.
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in 1857, the Colston Hall Society purchased the premises, and demolished the house to build the
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stayed, as a guest of John Young, in 1574. In the 18th century, the house was acquired by
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Some monastic cells, thought to belong to the friary, survive under the
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The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543
286:, the name Whitefriars was given to a large multi-storey 204:, hence the name Whitefriars. In the fifteenth century 458:"Bristol's Red Lodge and Its Elizabethan Knot Garden" 661: 345:Page, William, ed. (1907). "Friaries: Bristol". 348:A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 2 513:. Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith. pp. 119–120. 413: 409:. Vol. 4. London: G. Bell. p. 72,89. 595:; Wyrcestre, William; Nasmith, James (1834). 351:. Victoria County History. pp. 109–111. 344: 41: 455: 440: 314: 312: 310: 680:Former buildings and structures in Bristol 157:on the lower slopes of St Michael's Hill, 570:. The UK's Biggest Tall Building Database 488:. Bristol Museums & Art Gallery. 2003 371: 282:As part of the post-war redevelopment of 307: 506: 397: 192:Whitefriars was founded in 1267 by the 662: 564:"Whitefriars, Bristol - Building #831" 531:. Bristol City Council. Archived from 605: 16:Carmelite friary in Bristol, England 242: 13: 14: 691: 271:there. After the school moved to 40: 33: 556: 547: 517: 500: 475: 267:, who established the original 675:1256 establishments in England 585: 525:"Colston Hall - 1200s - 1800s" 449: 431: 422: 391: 365: 338: 257:Dissolution of the Monasteries 1: 606:Weare, George Edward (1893). 301: 647:White Friary, Bristol (site) 456:Cuthbertson, Yvonne (2006). 372:Fairhurst, Richenda (2008). 259:. The Great House was where 7: 10: 696: 187: 601:. Bristol: Mirror Office. 510:Sixteenth-century Bristol 483:"Tudors at the Red Lodge" 176:in the 18th century. The 137: 129: 90: 80: 70: 62: 57: 28: 23: 290:development located in 49:Location within Bristol 636:51.454655°N 2.598261°W 612:. Bristol: W. 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Whitefriars, Bristol is located in Bristol
Bristol
England
Coordinates
51°27′17″N 2°35′54″W / 51.454655°N 2.598261°W / 51.454655; -2.598261
Carmelite
friary
Bristol
England
dissolved
Edward Colston
Red Lodge
Colston Hall
Prince of Wales
Edward I
habits
William of Worcester
antiquary
Leyland
Frome
Thomas Cromwell
Richard Yngworth
Brandon Hill
St John's Church
Red Lodge
Elizabethan
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Elizabeth I
Edward Colston
Colston's School

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