During the civil war a young lieutenant was killed at Prior Hill, when the Parliamentarians beat the Royalists. His widow grieved the rest of her life and looked after the well in this part of Bristol. When she died she was carted away on a bier in her original wedding dress with maidens tossing herbs in her wake! Hundreds of people apparently turned out for the occasion. Of course the well was filled up and developers then built on the land. The Luftwaffe then came along and during the last war took out the first 13 houses of this fairly long terrace in Cotham. What is left is a pleasant regency rank of houses, one of which I was inspecting today. Seemingly it was in fairly good condition though there are a number of breaches with regard to its listed building status, but I don't suppose anybody is going to notice. I was reasonably happy with the exterior but I was a bit disappointed with the interior and I think my Client will be spending rather more than he anticipates on its renovation. Of course it will be nothing like houses in Ma Pudsey era but, it will become a very pleasant property of that I'm sure…   more »