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Abstract tile water theme for the bath in the studio built several years ago.
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66002 passes Sydney Gardens, Bath, with 6C03, 1336 Southall to Severnside containerised refuse for incineration. The nickname ‘pongliner’ was well-deserved today! 2 June, 2019.
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The starlings take every opportunity to use the bird bath often emptying it within a couple of hours of it being filled.
The location of the Squirrel Point Lighthouse takes its name from the ship Squirrel, which ran aground in 1717 transporting the royal governor of Massachusetts to Arrowsic Island to renew a peace treaty with the local Indians.
Different front doors at the Royal Crescent, Bath, Somerset
Some background information:
The Royal Crescent is a street of 30 terraced houses laid out in a sweeping crescent in the city of Bath. Designed by the architect John Wood the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774, it is among the greatest examples of Georgian architecture to be found in the United Kingdom. That’s why it is also a Grade I listed building. Although some changes have been made to the various interiors over the years, the Georgian stone facade remains much as it was when it was first built.
Many notable people have either lived or stayed in the Royal Crescent since it was first built over 230 years ago, and some are commemorated on special plaques attached to the relevant buildings. Today the Royal Crescent includes a hotel and a Georgian house museum, while some of the houses have been converted into flats and offices. It is a popular location for the makers of films and television programmes, and a major tourist attraction in its own right.
John Wood designed the great curved façade with Ionic columns on a rusticated ground floor. The 114 columns are 76 cm (30 inches) in diameter reaching 14.3 m (47 feet), each with an entablature 1.5 m (5 feet) deep. The central house (now the Royal Crescent Hotel) boasts two sets of coupled columns.
Each original purchaser bought a length of the facade, and then employed his own architect to build a house behind the façade to his own specifications. Hence what can appear to be two houses is occasionally just one. This system of town planning is betrayed at the rear and can be seen from the road behind the Crescent: While the front is uniform and symmetrical, the rear is a mixture of differing roof heights, juxtapositions and fenestration. This kin d of architecture, described as "Queen Anne fronts and Mary-Anne backs", occurs repeatedly in Bath.
In front of the Royal Crescent is a ha-ha, a ditch on which the inner side is vertical and faced with stone, with the outer face sloped and turfed, making an effective but invisible partition between the lower and upper lawns. The ha-ha is designed so as not to interrupt the view from Royal Victoria Park, and to be invisible until seen from close by. It is not known whether it was contemporary with the building of the Royal Crescent, however it is known that when it was first created, it was deeper than it is at present. The railings between the crescent and the lawn are included in the Heritage at Risk Register produced by English Heritage and were restored in 2011.
Among the TV productions and films which were shot at the Royal Crescent are a TV edition of Jane Austen's "Persuasion" from 2007 and the film "The Dutchess" from 2008, starring Keira Knightley.
The Royal Crescent is located in the centre of the city of Bath, UNESCO World Heritage Site largely because of its complete Georgian architecture.
The different front doors of the Royal Crescent caught my eyes because It strikes me how people act out their individuality even if living in a setting of great uniformity.
With its roughly 84,000 residents Bath is a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset in South West England. It is situated 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Bristol.
The city was first established as a spa with the Latin name "Aquae Sulis" by the Romans around 60 AD, about 20 years after they had arrived in Britain. But archaeological evidence shows that the site of the Roman Baths' main spring was already treated as a shrine by the Iron Age Britons long before the Romans arrived.
In the Elizabethan era the baths were improved and the city began to attract the aristocracy. In 1590 Bath was granted city status by Queen Elizabeth I. During the Stuart period several areas of the city underwent development, and this increased during Georgian times in response to the increasing number of visitors to the spa and resort town who required accommodation. The architects John Wood the elder and his son John Wood the younger laid out the new quarters in streets and squares, the identical facades of which gave an impression of palatial scale and classical decorum. Throughout the whole city the creamy gold and rather expensive Bath Stone was used for construction.
In 1987 the City of Bath was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has a variety of theatres, museums, and other cultural and sporting venues, which have helped to make it a major centre for tourism, with over one million staying visitors and 3.8 million day visitors to the city each year. Bath has two universities and several schools and colleges. There is a large service sector, growing communication technologies and creative industries, providing employment for the population of Bath and its surrounding area.
Bath is the largest city in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. In 2011, the population was 88,859. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage site in 1987.
The city became a spa with the Latin name Aquae Sulis ("the waters of Sulis") c. 60 AD when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although hot springs were known even before then.
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. The medieval abbey church served as a sometime cathedral of a bishop. After long contention between churchmen in Bath and Wells the seat of the Diocese of Bath and Wells was later consolidated at Wells Cathedral. The Benedictine community was dissolved in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Bath is the largest city in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. In 2011, the population was 88,859. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage site in 1987.
The city became a spa with the Latin name Aquae Sulis ("the waters of Sulis")
60 AD when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although hot springs were known even before then.
Bath Time. The local wildlife seem to appreciate the shallow water dish out on the patio, for drinking and bathing. Mostly the Sparrows, but also Starlings, Magpies and as here, a Robin. The local cats and Foxes also visit for drinks.
Picture taken through the back window.