Sydney Place, Bath

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Sydney Place
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Location Bath, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°23′09″N2°21′05″W / 51.38583°N 2.35139°W / 51.38583; -2.35139 Coordinates: 51°23′09″N2°21′05″W / 51.38583°N 2.35139°W / 51.38583; -2.35139
Builtc. 1800
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameNumbers 93 to 103 Sydney Place
Designated12 June 1950 [1]
Reference no.443739
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameNumbers 1 to 12 Sydney Place
Designated12 June 1950 [2]
Reference no.443740
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Location of Sydney Place in Somerset

Sydney Place in the Bathwick area of Bath, Somerset, England was built around 1800. Many of the properties are listed buildings. [1]

Numbers 1 to 12 were planned by Thomas Baldwin around 1795. The 3-storey buildings have mansard roofs. Jane Austen lived in Number 4 from 1801 to 1805. [2]

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. [1]

The Holburne Museum of Art is situated opposite to Sydney Place, it was originally designed as the Sydney Hotel, and was built by Charles Harcourt Masters in 1795–6. [3] It is within the Sydney Pleasure Gardens which stretch from the road to the Kennet and Avon Canal.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nos 93 to 103 (consec) Sydney Place". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Number 1 to 12 Sydney Place". Images of England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
  3. "Holburne of Menstrie Museum". Images of England. Archived from the original on 3 November 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2007.