Terrace Walk, Bath
Terrace Walk, a typical Georgian parade of shops in Bath, Somerset, originally dating to around 1730 but amended around the beginning of the 19th Century. These may have been among the four houses on Terrace Walk begun by John Wood the Elder.
Above the scene rises the tower of Bath Abbey. Founded in the 7th Century, it was rebuilt most recently in the 16th Century, and work had only just begun when the Reformation began to convulse Europe, which makes it an unusual example of church dating in significant part to the first century of the English Reformation. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the South West of England.
Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset. With a history going back to Roman times, when it first became a centre for bathing, much of its famed architecture dates from the Georgian era, when it became a fashionable place for wealthy Londoners to take the waters, connected by the ever faster stagecoach network.
Many of the streets and squares were laid out by John Wood, the Elder. Jane Austen lived in Bath in the early 19th century. Further building was undertaken in the 19th century and following the Baedecker Blitz in 1942.
Terrace Walk, Bath
Terrace Walk, a typical Georgian parade of shops in Bath, Somerset, originally dating to around 1730 but amended around the beginning of the 19th Century. These may have been among the four houses on Terrace Walk begun by John Wood the Elder.
Above the scene rises the tower of Bath Abbey. Founded in the 7th Century, it was rebuilt most recently in the 16th Century, and work had only just begun when the Reformation began to convulse Europe, which makes it an unusual example of church dating in significant part to the first century of the English Reformation. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the South West of England.
Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset. With a history going back to Roman times, when it first became a centre for bathing, much of its famed architecture dates from the Georgian era, when it became a fashionable place for wealthy Londoners to take the waters, connected by the ever faster stagecoach network.
Many of the streets and squares were laid out by John Wood, the Elder. Jane Austen lived in Bath in the early 19th century. Further building was undertaken in the 19th century and following the Baedecker Blitz in 1942.