Everything about College Green Bristol totally explained
College Green is a public open space in
Bristol,
England. On the south side of the Green stand (from west to east) the
Bristol Central Library,
Abbey Gatehouse (mid
12th century); Bristol Cathedral; the facades of four
18th century terraced houses, now converted into offices; the Royal Hotel (1864). On the northwest side of the Green stands the
Council House behind a water feature. On the east side of the Green runs a busy street, also known as College Green. On the far side is a mixture of shops and offices of various dates, together with the
Lord Mayor's Chapel, St Mark's Church. On the Green are
statues of Queen Victoria and
Raja Rammohun Roy.
Originally a small hill north of the
Avon, separated from
Brandon Hill to the north by a narrow gully, it was enclosed to form the precincts of St Augustine's Abbey in the
12th century. After the
Dissolution the Abbey church became
Bristol Cathedral. The hill was levelled in
1950 during the building of the
Council House to form its present roughly triangular shape. A plaque near the centre records that the Green still belongs to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral.
From 1733 it was the site of the
Bristol High Cross, honouring various British monarchs. The statue was then given in 1768 to
Stourhead gardens and can be seen there today.. A replica was made by
John Norton in 1851 and sited on College Green until the architects building the new council offices had removed in the late 1940s. The Bristol Civic Society purchased the remains in 1950 and re-erected the truncated remains seen today in
Berkeley Square.,,
These days, the green is used as a "hang out" area for the teens and university students of Bristol, especially the
goth and
emo communities. It was under a group dispersal order until April 2007. The order was a result of repeated violence and underage drinking in the area. The order has since come into effect again, with a review at the end of the school summer holidays. On Saturday 21st July, a protest took place against the dispersal order and around 80 people attended. The protest gained media coverage in the
Bristol Evening Post. Despite this second dispersal order, College Green has often been left unattended by the
police, enabling those who it hoped to get rid of to return.
Several scenes of series 1 & 2 of
E4 teen drama
Skins have been filmed here.
Gallery
Image:Victoria statue.jpg|Queen Victoria Statue
Image:Stmarksbristol.jpg|St Mark's Church, Bristol
Image:Bristol council house.jpg|Council House, Bristol
Image:Bristolcentrallibrary.jpg|Bristol Central Library
Image:Greatgatehouse.JPG|The Great Gatehouse
Image:Rammohanroy.JPG|Statue of Ram Mohan Roy
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