Pub history

The Knights Templar

The ‘leaning tower of Bristol’ is a curious landmark. The off-vertical tower of Temple Church is all that remains of the church from the 1390s (blitzed in World War II) which had replaced the original church built by the Knights Templar. This one-time order of warrior monks had been granted land here known as ‘Temple Fee’ by Robert, Earl of Gloucester (son of Henry I). It included Temple Meads (or meadows) and the adjacent Quay Point development, where this pub is located in Temple Square.