Stall Street, Bath
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Stall Street in Bath, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

, England was built by John Palmer
John Palmer (Bath architect)
John Palmer was an English architect who worked on some of the notable buildings in the city of Bath in England...

 between the 1790s and the first decade of the 19th century. The buildings which form an architectural group have listed building status and are now occupied by shops and offices.

The street includes the side of the Grand Pump Room
Grand Pump Room, Bath
The Grand Pump Room in the Abbey Church Yard, Bath, Somerset, England is a historic building. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building....

 and the attached north and south colonnades. Number 3 Stall Street has the north colonnade attached and is on the corner of Abbey Church Yard and continuous with those buildings. The fountain which stood opposite them has now been moved to Terrace Walk opposite Parade Gardens.

Numbers 5 to 11 were built between 1805 to 1810. Numbers 5 and 6 balance numbers 10 and 11 with giant pilaster
Pilaster
A pilaster is a slightly-projecting column built into or applied to the face of a wall. Most commonly flattened or rectangular in form, pilasters can also take a half-round form or the shape of any type of column, including tortile....

s which rise up up to the second floor.

Numbers 27 to 29 were built around 1820 and form a corner block with buildings in Beau Street. number 29 has a shop front dating from around 1900 with the others being more recent.

Numbers 35 and 36 are on the corner of Bath Street
Bath Street, Bath
Bath Street in Bath, Somerset, England was built by Thomas Baldwin in 1791. Several of the buildings have been esignated as Grade I listed buildings....

 and are consistent with those buildings including the Ionic
Ionic order
The Ionic order forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and the Corinthian...

columns and have been designated as Grade I listed buildings.

Number 37, which forms part of Arlington House, is also Grade I listed.
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