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The Dutch House was a large timber-framed building situated at Nos 1 and 2, High St Bristol, England. It was a well-known local landmark until its destruction in 1940. ==History== The Dutch House (often given the prefix 'Old') was built as a private residence in 1676, and dominated the mediaeval crossroads of High St, Wine St, Broad St and Corn St in the heart of ancient Bristol. The dominant part of the structure was No. 1 High St. This was of rectangular plan, two bays by one, and originally five stories tall; an attic storey was added later. This building had facades on both Wine St and High St. The Wine St façade was two bays wide and consisted of a square bay window to the full height of the original building (except the ground floor), with a flat façade to its right. The High St façade consisted of a bay window, narrower than that on the Wine St façade and with splayed sides, but similar in all other respects. Both facades were ornately carved. The adjoining house at No.2 High St was incorporated into the premises at some point before 1860. This five-storey gabled house was considerably less ornate than No.1, consisting of full-width square bays to the first and second storeys, and a smaller square bay offset to the left on the third storey. The third storey bay was rebuilt at some point between 1847 and 1866 to make it symmetrical, and the façade of this building was changed by exposing and embellishing its frame to unify it with the rest of the building. The timber frame of the unified building was at some point reinforced with iron beams.〔Winstone, Reece: Bristol Blitzed (1973) 900814 43 8 Cover photo, distorted beams visible in upper storeys〕 In 1810 the Dutch House became the Castle Bank, and subsequently had a succession of retail and office uses. By 1866, under the auspices of hatter Mr T.W.Tilly, it had gained fake battlements〔Winstone, Reece: Bristol as it Was 1866-1860(2nd Edition 1972) 900814 40 3 Plate 24〕 with cannon, a weather vane, a flagpole and a Grenadier Guardsman sign (now in the care of the City Museum).〔Winstone, Reece: Bristol as it Was 1879-1874 (3rd Edition 1984) 0 900814 64 0 Plates 17 and 22〕 It seems likely that Mr Tilly was also responsible for altering the façade of No.2. The battlements, incongruous on a timber-framed building, had been removed by 1917.〔Winstone, Reece: Bristol as it Was 1913-1921 0 900814 48 9 Plate 44〕 In the early 1900s traffic engineers planned to demolish the building to ease the flow of traffic between High St and Wine St. These plans were dropped after the Lord Mayor used his casting vote〔http://www.bristolblitzed.org//?page_id=27%20Bristol%20Blitzed:%20The%20Dutch%20House〕 against them, however the lower storey was cut back in 1908 to accommodate the pavement so that the junction could be eased. The shop's final occupier was the Irish Linen and Hosiery Association. The building was a well -loved landmark of the city and featured in pre-war guide books and in many photographs and postcards. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Dutch House, Bristol」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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