The St Vincent's Works is at Silverthorne Lane in 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

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The building was built as the offices of a factory by Thomas Royse Lysaght, for his brother John Lysaght and possibly completed by R Milverton Drake. The site was previously owned by Acraman and Company and was involved in the manufacture of corrugated-iron and pre-fabricated buildings. The building is now home to the head office of renewable energy consultancy GL Garrad Hassan.

It 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 and has been designated by English Heritage

English Heritage

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 as a grade II* listed building.