The site
The existing two-storey industrial building at 54-56 Redcliff Street sits on the corner of Redcliff Street and Three Queens’ Lane. It is immediately opposite Redcliff Quarter, which is currently being built.
The site is allocated for redevelopment in Bristol’s existing Local Plan as part of the ‘Redcliffe Village’ area (Policy BCAPSA6).
It is located within Redcliffe Conservation Area, home to St. Mary Redcliffe Church, the Grade II Listed Ringer’s Tobacco Factory, Portwall Tavern and the Church of St. Thomas. However, the area has also seen much new development over the past decades, resulting in a mixture of modern and historic buildings of various styles and heights, with officing, hotels, residential, student accommodation, retail and leisure uses sitting shoulder-to-shoulder.
As well as Redcliff Quarter, the site’s neighbours include apartments at Thomas Court, Travelodge, 21 St. Thomas Street student accommodation and homes at Golden Lion Court on Redcliff Street where the local Co-operative supermarket is. These are all fairly recent developments.
On the flank of the existing building – as you move down Redcliffe Street – is the Grade II Listed Ringer’s Tobacco Factory, which clearly is of historical importance.
The site sits on the corner of Three Queens’ Lane and Redcliffe Street, opposite Redcliff Quarter
21 St. Thomas Street’s nine storey building
Redcliff Quarter under construction
Ringer’s Tobacco Factory (image historic England)
Madison Cairn’s Redcliff Quarter currently being completed
Nearly 500 homes delivered as part of Redcliff Quarter
Neighbouring building heights
Buildings in this area generally sit between six and 13 storeys. Redcliff Quarter includes an 18 storey tower, with most parts of the scheme sitting at 11 storeys. Thomas Court is seven storeys at its tallest, 21 St. Thomas Street is nine storeys.
Neighbouring building heights
Location & getting around
The site is very well located for both the University of Bristol – including its new Temple Quarter campus – and for bus services to University of West of England. The site is just 10 minutes’ walk to Temple Meads, and a 15 minute walk to Bristol Bus & Coach Station. It is within easy reach of employment, retail and leisure, as more and more businesses locate to what is becoming one of Bristol’s most vibrant areas to live, work and socialise.
Existing building uses
Public transport and dedicated cycle routes