2015

ST7565 : Great Pulteney Street, Bath

taken 10 years ago, near to Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, England

Great Pulteney Street, Bath
Great Pulteney Street, Bath
Great Pulteney Street is a grand thoroughfare that connects Bathwick on the east of the River Avon with the City of Bath, England via the Robert Adam designed Pulteney Bridge. Viewed from the city side of the bridge the road leads directly to the Holburne Museum of Art that was originally the Sydney Hotel where tea rooms, card rooms, a concert room and a ballroom were installed for the amusement of Bath's many visitors.
Commissioned by Sir William Pulteney, it was designed by the architect Thomas Baldwin and completed in 1789. The Corporation of Bath wanted to expand the boundaries of the City, and Sir William's estate was conveniently situated just over the other side of the River Avon.
At over 1,000 feet (300 m) long and 100 feet (30 m) wide, the road itself is the widest and the grandest in Bath. However, the architect, Baldwin, designed only the façades of buildings. A variety of owners acquired plots of land along the new street and built the actual structures behind the façades, so that while the street has a visual unity, the buildings have different internal features, some having been designed as private houses and others as hotels.
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ST7565, 908 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jonathan Billinger   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 31 January, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 10 February, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 7544 6510 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:23.0646N 2:21.2587W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 7530 6501
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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