Campaign group the Twentieth Century Society has launched a drive to save a brutalist multistorey car park in Bristol, which is said to be the first of its kind in the UK to feature a continuous ramp.

It has submitted a bid to government heritage adviser Historic England that calls for the Rupert Street car park, designed by R Jelinek-Karl and engineers GC Mander & Partners, to be listed at grade II, which would make it the nation’s fourth post-war car park to get protected status.

Bristol-based Alec French Architects has created 21-storey proposals to redevelop the car-park site with a mix of student-housing and co-living space. The development team for the project, which would be run under the Student Roost brand, says a new 412-space car park is part of its vision for the site, along with around 320 student rooms, 250 co-living rooms and ground-floor food, drink and retail space.

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