The prominent post of Bath City Architect was bestowed by the

Corporation of Bath 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, ...

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, on an

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who would be repeatedly chosen for

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projects. It is a form of

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Thomas Warr Attwood Thomas Warr Attwood (1733 – 15 November 1775) was an English builder, architect and local politician in Bath. Life He was a member of a prominent local family and a member of the city Council from 1760. Although he held no formal appointment, ...

(unofficially) 1733–1775 "Tomb of Thomas Warr Attwood (d.1775). By Thomas Baldwin. ... Attwood was a prosperous plumber and glazier, who served as architect to the Corporation: he was accidentally killed while surveying the old market. The tomb is designed by his clerk, Thomas Baldwin, who became one of the key architects of late C18 Bath. No 301 on the churchyard plan." * Thomas Baldwin 1780–1792 *

John Palmer John Palmer may refer to: People Politicians * John Palmer (fl. 1377–1394), English politician *Sir John Palmer, 5th Baronet (1735–1817), British politician *John Palmer (1785–1840), U.S. congressman from New York *John Palmer (1842–1905) ...

1792–1817 * John Lowder 1817–1823 *

George Phillips Manners George Phillips Manners (1789 – 28 November 1866) was a British architect, Bath City Architect from 1823 to 1862. In his early career he worked with Charles Harcourt Masters and after about 1845 was in partnership with C.E. Gill. He retired in ...

1823–1862 *

Charles Edward Davis Charles Edward Davis (1827–1902) was an English architect and antiquary. Life Born near Bath, Somerset on 29 August 1827, he was son of Edward Davis, an architect there and pupil of Sir John Soane, and his wife Dorothy Walker, widow of Captain ...

1862–1902

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