About the Old Market Conservation Area
The Old Market Conservation Area covers about 18 hectares and was designated by Bristol City Council in 1979. Inside the boundary are 52 listed buildings (3 Grade II*, 49 Grade II). The most significant is Holy Trinity Almshouses and Attached Walls and Railings to Jacob Street, Grade II*. 1 Article 4 direction over the area removes further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below. 33 Tree Preservation Order records overlap the area; every other tree here still needs six weeks’ notice before work. Part of the area lies in flood zone 3, so an extension may need a flood risk assessment.
What changes inside the conservation area
Conservation areas are “Article 2(3) land”. You keep most permitted development rights, but these are removed or tightened.
- Rear extensionElsewhere: 3 m · 6 m with PANo 6 m / 8 m prior approval
- Two-storey extensionElsewhere: 3 mNeeds planning permission
- Side extensionElsewhere: Half the widthNeeds planning permission
- Loft conversionElsewhere: 50 m³Needs planning permission
- Garden roomElsewhere: 2.5 m high by boundariesNot beside the house
- PorchElsewhere: 3 m²Same limits
- Solar panelsElsewhere: 0.2 m projectionSame limits
- Air source heat pumpElsewhere: 1 unitNot facing the road
- Fences, walls and gatesElsewhere: 2 m · 1 m by a roadSame limits
- External claddingElsewhere: Matching materialsNeeds planning permission
- Tree workElsewhere: No notice6 weeks’ notice to the council
- Demolition (over 115 m³)Elsewhere: AllowedNeeds planning permission
Limits for a semi-detached house under the GPDO 2015. An Article 4 direction can remove more.
Article 4 directions here
These overlap the conservation area. Householder directions remove more of the rights above; change-of-use ones don’t affect extending a house.
- Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward boundary)Householder works
Listed buildings in the conservation area
Any work affecting these needs listed building consent, inside or out. Each links to its entry on the National Heritage List.
- Holy Trinity Almshouses and Attached Walls and Railings to Jacob StreetGrade II*
- Holy Trinity ChurchGrade II*
- Kingsley HallGrade II*
- 12 and 14, West StreetGrade II
- 22, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 22, West StreetGrade II
- 26, 27 and 28, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 28 and 30, West StreetGrade II
- 31, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 32 and 33, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 35, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 36 and 37, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 38 and 39, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 40 and 41, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 42, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 46 and 47, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 48, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 50 and 51, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 52, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 55 and 56, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 60, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 68, Old Market StreetGrade II
- 7, Redcross StreetGrade II
- 72, West StreetGrade II
Show all 52 listed buildings ↓All 52 listed buildings
- 74, West StreetGrade II
- 76, West StreetGrade II
- 8 and 9, Broad PlainGrade II
- 8a, West StreetGrade II
- Annex to Church of St Jude the Apostle and Attached RailingsGrade II
- Church of St Jude the Apostle With St Matthias on the WeirGrade II
- Coach and Horses Public HouseGrade II
- Entrance Gates, Wall and Drinking Fountain to Holy Trinity AlmshousesGrade II
- Gardiner's WarehouseGrade II
- Gardiner's Warehouse, Former Soap WorksGrade II
- Masons Arms Public HouseGrade II
- Number 2 and Area RailingsGrade II
- Number 3 and Area RailingsGrade II
- Number 4 and Area RailingsGrade II
- Number 5 and Area RailingsGrade II
- Number 69 and Attached Area RailingsGrade II
- Number 71 and Attached Area Railings and GateGrade II
- Old Castle Green Public HouseGrade II
- Old Market TavernGrade II
- Piers, Perimeter Walls and Railings to Holy Trinity ChurchGrade II
- St Philip's Public LibraryGrade II
- Stag and Hounds Public House and Attached GatesGrade II
- The Former Palace HotelGrade II
- The Old Vicarage and Attached Area RailingsGrade II
- The Printer's Devil Public HouseGrade II
- The Punchbowl Public HouseGrade II
- The Three Horseshoes Public HouseGrade II
- The Volunteer TavernGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
The council’s appraisal
WEBOld Market Conservation Area AppraisalBristol City Council’s description of the area’s character — what planners look at when you apply.Open on council site ↗Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Bristol City Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.