Lansdown is a
suburb of the
World Heritage City of
Bath
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* 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 ...
, England, that extends northwards from the city centre up a road of the same name. Among its most distinctive architectural features are
Lansdown Crescent and
Sion Hill Place,
which includes a campus of
Bath Spa University.
Beckford's Tower
Beckford's Tower, originally known as Lansdown Tower, is an architectural folly built in Neoclassical architecture, neo-classical style on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath, Somerset, Bath, Somerset, England. The tower and its attached railings ...
, an architectural folly built in neo-classical style for
William Thomas Beckford
William Thomas Beckford (29 September 1760 – 2 May 1844) was an English novelist, art collector, patron of decorative art, critic, travel writer, plantation owner and for some time politician. He was reputed at one stage to be England's riches ...
in 1827, stands on high ground at the northern edge of the suburb, overlooking Lansdown Cemetery.
Lansdown Hill
Lansdown Road climbs north-west through the suburb and continues into open land in
Charlcombe parish, past a park-and-ride facility and playing fields to the Lansdown Hill area. Here (outside the city boundary) are Lansdown hamlet,
Bath Racecourse, and Lansdown Golf Course.
The
Battle of Lansdowne (1643) was fought in the vicinity and is commemorated by
Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument (1720) on Lansdown Hill.
Cricket club
Lansdown Cricket Club, founded in 1825 and the oldest club in Somerset, originally played at a ground called "Cricket Down" next to the original racecourse on the top of Lansdown Hill and close to Beckford's Tower (the current
Bath Racecourse is about a mile to the west); later the club moved into Bath at the Sydenham Field, and when that was built over by the
Midland Railway in 1869 it moved to its current ground adjacent to the
Royal United Hospital at Combe Park, which is in
Lower Weston.
See also
*
Lansdowne (disambiguation)
References
Areas of Bath, Somerset
Electoral wards in Bath and North East Somerset
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