South Parade in

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, England is a historic

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built around 1743 by

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. All of the houses have been designated as Grade I

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s. South Parade was part of a wider scheme to build a Royal Forum, including

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, Pierrepont and Duke Streets, similar to Queen Square, which was never completed. Wood designed the facade, of

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, after which a variety of builders completed the work with different interiors and rear elevations. Many of the buildings are now hotels and restaurants whilst some remain as private residences. The area which Wood envisaged as an area of sunken gardens matching the houses is now a car park. Numbers 1, 2 and 3 (which is now the Halcyon Hotel and now includes Circo Bar and Lounge

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) and numbers 4 to 8 (which became the 46 room Pratt's Hotel) form a 3-storey

with a double break at the centre. There is a central pediment and

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d parapet and the central door has Ionic columns. Number 6 was associated with Sir

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in 1775. Numbers 9 to 13 became the Southbourne Hotel and is now divided into

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. Number 12 was associated with John Hunter FRS in 1785. Number 14, which was associated with Fanny Burney in 1780, is the end of terrace and next to the River Avon. On the southern side of the road is the

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St John's Church, which was designed and built between 1861 and 1863 by

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who added the 222 foot (68 metre) spire in 1867.

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File:1 South Parade.jpg, 1 South Parade File:9-13 South Parade, Bath.JPG, 9–13 South Parade File:14 South Parade, Bath.JPG, 14 South Parade

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{{reflist Houses completed in 1743 Grade I listed buildings in Bath, Somerset Streets in Bath, Somerset 1743 establishments in England

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