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BRISTOL RESIDENCES 



FIG. 220. Houses at Bristol. 



of the occupier. The delicate ornament in the cornice is in scale 

 with its surroundings, but it would be out of place on the top of 

 a sheet of plate glass two or three hundred feet in area, or 

 surmounting a name board with letters two feet high. 



Bristol still retains many interesting old houses, some dating 



