South Parade, Bath
South Parade | |
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Location | Bath, Somerset, England |
Coordinates | 51°22′47.8″N 2°21′22.3″W / 51.379944°N 2.356194°W |
Built | 1743 |
Architect | John Wood, the Elder |
Architectural style(s) | Georgian |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | No 1 Nos 2 and 3 (The Halcyon Hotel and Circo Bar and Lounge) Nos 4 to 8 (consec) (Pratt's Hotel) |
Designated | 12 June 1950[1] |
Reference no. | 443617 |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Nos 9 to 13 (consec) (Southbourne Hotel) No 14 |
Designated | 12 June 1950 |
Reference no. | 443619 |
South Parade in Bath, Somerset, England, is a historic terrace built around 1743 by John Wood, the Elder. All of the houses have been designated as Grade I listed buildings.[1][2]
South Parade was part of a wider scheme to build a Royal Forum, including
facade, of Bath stone, after which a variety of builders completed the work with different interiors and rear elevations. Many of the buildings are now hotels and restaurants whilst some remain private residences.[3] The area which Wood envisaged as an area of sunken gardens matching the houses is now a car park.[4]
Numbers 1, 2 and 3 (which is now the Halcyon Hotel and now includes Circo Bar and Lounge
balustraded parapet and the central door has Ionic columns. Number 6 was associated with Sir Walter Scott in 1775.[1]
Numbers 9 to 13 became the Southbourne Hotel and is now divided into
River Avon.[2]
On the southern side of the road is the
Roman Catholic St John's Church, which was designed and built between 1861 and 1863 by Charles Francis Hansom[7]
who added the 222 foot (68 metre) spire in 1867.
Gallery
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1 South Parade
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9–13 South Parade
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14 South Parade
See also
- List of Grade I listed buildings in Bath and North East Somerset
References
- ^ a b c "No 1 Nos 2 and 3 (The Halcyon Hotel) Nos 4 to 8 (consec) (Pratt's Hotel)". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
- ^ a b "Nos 9 to 13 (consec) (Southbourne Hotel) No 14". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
- ^ "Bath World Heritage Site Management Plan" (PDF). Bath and North East Somerset Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-415-25050-4.
- ^ "Circo Bar & Lounge". The Halcyon Hotel. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "Pratt's Hotel". Bath Hotels. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
- ^ "Roman Catholic Church of St John". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2009.