Sydney Place, Bath
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Sydney Place in the Bathwick
area of Bath, Somerset
, England was built around 1800. Many of the properties are listed buildings.
Numbers 1 to 12 were planned by Thomas Baldwin
around 1795. The 3 storey buildings have mansard roof
s. Jane Austen
lived in Number 4 from 1801 to 1805.
The 3 storey houses at numbers 93 to 103 were designed by John Pinch the elder in 1808. Queen Charlotte
lived at number 93 in 1817, and William IV
lived at number 103.
The Holburne Museum of Art
was originally designed as the Sydney Hotel, and was built by Charles Harcourt Masters
in 1795–6. It is within the Sydney Pleasure Gardens which stretch from the road to the Kennet and Avon Canal
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Bathwick
Bathwick is an electoral ward in the City of Bath, England, on the opposite bank of the River Avon to the historic city centre.Bathwick was part of the hundred of Bath Forum....
area of 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 around 1800. Many of the properties are listed buildings.
Numbers 1 to 12 were planned by Thomas Baldwin
Thomas Baldwin (architect)
Thomas Baldwin was an English surveyor and architect in Bath.He did not originally hail from Bath but was first recorded in the city in 1774, where he was initially a clerk to plumber, glazier, and politician Thomas Warr Attwood. By 1775, he was appointed as the Bath City Architect after...
around 1795. The 3 storey buildings have mansard roof
Mansard roof
A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret...
s. Jane Austen
Jane Austen
Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing her historical importance among scholars and critics.Austen lived...
lived in Number 4 from 1801 to 1805.
The 3 storey houses at numbers 93 to 103 were designed by John Pinch the elder in 1808. Queen Charlotte
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George III...
lived at number 93 in 1817, and William IV
William IV of the United Kingdom
William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death...
lived at number 103.
The Holburne Museum of Art
Holburne Museum of Art
The Holburne Museum of Art is in Sydney Pleasure Gardens, Sydney Place, in the Bathwick area of Bath, Somerset, England.-History:...
was originally designed as the Sydney Hotel, and was built by Charles Harcourt Masters
Charles Harcourt Masters
Charles Harcourt Masters was an English surveyor and architect in Bath.He made a set of maps of Bath turnpike roads in 1786. In 1789 made a scale model of Bath which he displayed at his home, 21 Old Orchard Street, and later in London: the plans were published in 1794...
in 1795–6. It is within the Sydney Pleasure Gardens which stretch from the road to the Kennet and Avon Canal
Kennet and Avon Canal
The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of , made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal. The name is commonly used to refer to the entire length of the navigation rather than solely to the central canal section...
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