bristol victoria rooms known rooms houses music department bristol england prominent site junction building originally assembly rooms designed constructed greek revival style named honour queen_victoria throne previous year column entrance classical relief sculpture designed construction dressed stonework slate roof bronze statue erected victoria rooms curved pool sculptures art style victoria rooms contain seat auditorium lecture theatre rooms rehearsal rooms recording studio performed victoria rooms venue important assemblies including commemorate opening anniversary discovery north_america meetings led establishment bristol early congress homes building purchased given home student union circa spent brief period cinema following fire building refurbished university remained base student union purpose built facilities opened queens road 1960s exhibition conference centre housing music department remain use 21st century concerts exhibitions plays lectures building victoria rooms known colloquially rooms situated junction queen road road bristol occupying finest sites according visitor guide bristol architectural history described key building prominent intersection building designed assembly rooms foundation stone laid 19th birthday queen_victoria honour building named building works greek revival style incorporating feet tall completed constructed dressed stone work steps leading roof slate sloping ramps built allow passage carriages building blind attic columns relief carving attributed depicting wisdom morning followed according adds main hall following fire previous year design interior described particularly remarkable new regard design interior hall described descriptive history bristol decorated greek theme match exterior building describes sculpture car driven apollo accompanied hours sculpture writing explains revealing created sculpture plaster paris model watson architecture building described english_heritage product european trends time moving away roman design designated english_heritage grade listed building inside main entrance leads octagonal room cast iron balcony ceiling main auditorium correspondent described ingenious central heating system consisting cast iron heated circulated air half cwt kilograms welsh hours kept interior building higher external temperature interior mid-20th century period plaster decorations remain regency room main auditorium housed large organ originally built removed cathedral victoria rooms july decided replace electric organ played keyboard considerable distance organ organ built played october december fire started stage great hall auditorium quickly spreading times reported brigades able prevent fire extending recreation rooms fine electric organ completely destroyed 21st century building houses seat auditorium rehearsal rooms auditorium approximately square metres adjacent lecture theatre square metres room square metres purpose built composition recording studios regular use research creation works facilities include bar common rooms resource centre practice rooms building originally surrounded iron shown 19th century photographs longer possibly removed second world war nationwide scrap drive memorial statue designed executed erected victoria rooms curved pool lamps steps ornamental lions sculptures art style previously guarded building removed new works statue regarded fine examples work listed interesting feature water flow controlled days pressure reduced order water blow adjacent roadway history victoria rooms opened building begun cost money raised body conservative citizens artists known performed numerous private subscription balls held rooms competition organised assembly rooms mall rivalry disputes promoters accusations prejudice uses included public demonstration electric lighting bristol scene large celebrate opening celebrations anniversary discovery north_america june victoria rooms hosted meeting promote described bristol educational institution existed predecessor institution gained meeting attended president sir later lord meeting described partial success gained support members influential family known chocolate business set grandfather developed father lawyer later liberal member parliament constituency congress held rooms early twentieth century local organisers victoria rooms host homes invited rooms purchased original private company wealthy local industrialist sir given university house students union appears university briefly leased building use situated march local photographer took photograph seats priced victoria rooms remained base student union purpose built facility constructed nearby queen road building conference exhibition centre hosting occasional concerts building housed incarnation founded hands science centre precursor bristol moved victoria rooms venue 21st century regular programme concerts theatrical performances lectures conferences serving similar purpose building constructed nineteenth century
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