Only one recommendation this month due to fast approaching newsletter deadline… Antlers Nomadic Galley Winter Shop This year’s Winter Shop is in the Victorian Cloakroom on the corner of Woodland Road and Park Row, Bristol. Working closely with a select group of artists, designers and independents, Antlers are sourcing and producing a curated selection of…
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Future of the Broadway
The Broadway was built in 1938 as part of the Filwood Park development and can be seen as an example of Art Deco architecture. The project was put out to tender and was won by Roy Chamberlain (who also built the the Gaiety cinema) It cost £13,000 and took fifteen months to build. As…
Feasibility, Franchises and Funding
As I mentioned in my previous blog I have been working over the last couple of months to try and move our plans forward. The main change that has happened is that we now have a new team of architects working on the project. Jonathan Lees Architects based in Old Market, Bristol are specialists in historical…
Flats and Gym – Planning Application Appeal
After the Bristol Planning committee refused permission for the Picture House to be converted into five flats and a gym, the building’s current owner has decided to appeal this verdict and so the decision has been referred to a public enquiry. This means that rather than the judgement being made locally, it will be decided by an Inspector…
Reason For Recent Radio Silence
Dear all, I would like to apologise that we have not been able to update the website or send out newsletters as regularly as we would like. There are a couple of reasons for this – firstly since the current planning application to convert the Picture House into flats and a gym was turned down by the planning committee….