page_title: Stapleton, Bristol
section_title: Other Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Stapleton, Bristol / Buildings / Other Buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: A typical home on the Glendale Grange division of Stapleton Bristol UK
context_page_description: Stapleton is an area in the northeastern suburbs of the city of Bristol, England. The name is colloquially used today to describe the ribbon village along Bell Hill and Park Road in the Frome Valley. It borders Eastville to the South and Begbrook and Frenchay to the North. It comprises an eclectic mix of housing mainly from the Victorian, Edwardian, inter-war and late 20th century periods.
  It is a popular residential area on three counts. It is convenient for the M32 motorway, it is a semi rural area within two miles of central Bristol and it boasts a popular public school.
  Stapleton's church is a prominent Bristol landmark, visible from the M32 motorway as motorists pass by.
context_section_description: The church of St Thomas the Apostle in Eastville was consecrated in 1889 but is now a Pentecostal hall.
  Stapleton is home to Colston's School, a co-educational independent school named after the 17th century merchant and philanthropist Edward Colston. The school moved to the village in 1861 taking over a site in the west of the village that had previously been the Bishops' Palace and which has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building,
  Further North is the Masonic Hall, home to the Filton Chapter of Freemasons
  In the mid-1990s a major development by the house builders Beazer Homes (now Persimmon plc)added over one hundred and fifty houses on the site of an old hospital between Bell Hill and the M32 motorway. These homes range from small two-bedroomed terraces to 4 and 5 bedroom villas. Also included was the refurbishment and development of Beech House (a former estate owner's home) into housing, and Linden House (a former farm house) into apartment accommodation. The development was known as Glendale Grange until incorporated into the village on its completion in 1999.
  This development also gave the village a purpose built and substantial village green bounded by Baileys Mead Road (one of the main roads in the new part of the village) to the North and East and Beech House to the South. This green features a fully enclosed play park for younger children. The green plays host to many village and community events including Summer Fayres and barbecues, Christmas carol concerts. It now compromises the hub of the village.
  This part of the village is also home to New Friends Hall, a division of the North Bristol NHS Trust and also, across the motorway, Heath House Hospital, part of the Priory Group.
  On the hilltop to the north of the Priory buildings (on Purdown) is the Purdown BT Tower. It is one of twelve reinforced concrete towers owned by BT in the UK. It is used mainly for point-to-point microwave links and forms part of the British Telecom microwave network. Although not open to the public, public footpaths lead, via a bridge over the M32 motorway to the lands around the tower.
caption: Typical Villa-style home on Glendale Grange.
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