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Bath Abbey from the Roman Baths Gallery. Bath Abbey was founded in 1499 [6] on the site of an 8th-century church. [7] The original Anglo-Saxon church was pulled down after 1066, [21] and a grand cathedral dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul was begun on the site by John of Tours, Bishop of Bath and Wells, around 1090; [22] [23] however, only the ambulatory was complete when he died in ...
The Trufant Historic District encompasses a concentration of 19th-century middle-class residential housing on the south side of Bath, Maine.This area was most heavily developed during Bath's heyday as a major shipbuilding center, and includes numerous examples of Greek Revival and Italianate styling.
The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 terraced houses laid out in a sweeping crescent in the city of Bath, England.Designed by the architect John Wood, the Younger, and built between 1767 and 1774, it is among the greatest examples of Georgian architecture to be found in the United Kingdom and is a Grade I listed building.
Around 1732–1744, Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, sold the old Bath Abbey Orchards land in Bath to John Wood the Elder and his business partner James Leake who went on to design and construct housing and named the streets 'Pierrepont Place' and 'Pierrepont Street' in homage to Eveyln and the family; Evelyn continued to live ...
The building, made of Bath stone, is arranged in a U shape. There are four main function rooms in the complex: the 100-foot-long (30 m) ballroom—the largest Georgian interior in Bath; the tea room; the card room; and the octagon. The rooms have Whitefriars crystal chandeliers and are decorated with fine art.
The Grand Pump Room is a historic building in the Abbey Churchyard, Bath, Somerset, England. It is adjacent to the Roman Baths and is named because of water that is pumped into the room from the baths' hot springs. Visitors can drink the water or have other refreshments while there. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building since 1950.
It was one of two village greens laid out in 1793. A broad range of building types, styles, and uses dating from about 1819 to 1930 characterize the district. [2] It is covered in Bath Village MRA. See also US Post Offices in New York State,1858-1943, TR. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]
The Museum of Bath Architecture (formerly known as the Building of Bath Museum and the Building of Bath Collection) in Bath, Somerset, England, occupies the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, where it provides exhibits that explain the building of the Georgian era city during the 18th century. It is owned and managed by the Bath Preservation Trust.