Portland Place in
Bath
Bath may refer to:
* Bathing, immersion in a fluid
** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body
** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe
* Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities
Plac ...
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Somerset, England was built around 1786 and many of the houses have been designated as
listed buildings.
Numbers 1 to 10 including numbers 4 and 5 which were used as Hermitage House School are Grade II* listed (and before 2010 were Grade I listed),
as is the high pavement in front of them. In the centre of the steps is a double ramp which was built to enable easier access for
sedan chair
The litter is a class of wheelless vehicles, a type of human-powered transport, for the transport of people. Smaller litters may take the form of open chairs or beds carried by two or more carriers, some being enclosed for protection from the e ...
s.
Numbers 13, 14 and 16 are Grade II listed.
Numbers 17 to 20 follow a similar style and are also Grade II listed. Numbers 17 and 20 have Roman
Doric Doric may refer to:
* Doric, of or relating to the Dorians of ancient Greece
** Doric Greek, the dialects of the Dorians
* Doric order, a style of ancient Greek architecture
* Doric mode, a synonym of Dorian mode
* Doric dialect (Scotland)
* Doric ...
doorcases with
pediments.
See also
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Grade II* listed buildings in Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset (commonly referred to as BANES or B&NES) is a unitary authority created on 1 April 1996, following the abolition of the County of Avon, which had existed since 1974. Part of the ceremonial county of Somerset, Bath an ...
References
Grade II* listed buildings in Bath, Somerset
Buildings and structures in Bath, Somerset
Streets in Bath, Somerset
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