|
Somerset Place, Bath
Somerset Place is a Georgian architecture, Georgian Grade I Listed building, listed Crescent (architecture), crescent in Bath, Somerset#Architecture, Bath, England. The facades were designed by the architect John Eveleigh (architect), John Eveleigh, who went bankrupt during the creation of the building, which started in 1790 but was not completed until the 1820s. In 1784 Thomas Paine purchased an area of pasture including Great Lydes to build houses overlooking Bath, although there is evidence of Iron Age and Ancient Rome, Roman settlement on the area. Twenty houses were originally planned, but numbers 1 to 4 were not built. Some of the crescent was destroyed during the Second World War and rebuilt as student accommodation in the 1950s and 1960s for Bath College of Domestic Science. It used to form part of the campus of Bath College, but has since been sold. It was used for student accommodation and the Bath Spa University English Language Programme. In the 2010s a major redeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bath, Somerset
Bath () is a city in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary area in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. At the 2021 Census, the population was 101,557. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, west of London and southeast of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage Site in 1987, and was later added to the transnational World Heritage Site known as the "Great Spa Towns of Europe" in 2021. Bath is also the largest city and settlement in Somerset. The city became a spa with the Latin name ' ("the waters of Sulis") 60 AD when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although hot springs were known even before then. Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century and became a religious centre; the building was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. In the 17th century, claims were made for the curative properties of water from the springs, and Bath became popular as a spa town in the Georgian era. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
