The Gardiners warehouse is on Straight Street, Broad Plain, Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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It was built in 1865 by William Bruce Gingell

William Bruce Gingell

William Bruce Gingell was an architect practicing in Bristol.He was in partnership with John Henry Hirst for a time and was influential in the Bristol Byzantine architectural style.- Significant buildings :* Gardiners warehouse...

 and is an example of the Bristol Byzantine

Bristol Byzantine

Bristol Byzantine is a variety of Byzantine Revival architecture that was popular in the city of Bristol from about 1850 to 1880.Many buildings in the style have been destroyed or demolished, but notable surviving examples include the Colston Hall, the Granary on Welsh Back, the Carriage Works, in...

 style. It was originally part of Christopher Thomas and Brothers' soap works, but is now a warehouse. Some of the original florentine skyline ornament have since disappeared.

It has been designated by English Heritage

English Heritage

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 as a grade II listed building.