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Kelston Park, Kelston, Somerset

The house is a Grade II* listed building now used as offices. The original house was built between 1765 and 1770, the architect being John Wood the Younger, for Sir Caesar Hawkins who was Serjeant-Surgeon to Kings George II and George III. Sir Caesar commissioned Capability Brown to lay out the park, which is also Grade II* listed, in 1767-68. The house stands overlooking the A4 road, River Avon and railway between Bath and Bristol. The bridge in the bottom left carried the Midland Railway from Bath (Green Park) to Bristol and is now a permissive path.

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Uploaded on February 3, 2019
Taken on February 2, 2019