Blick entlang großer Pulteney Street, entworfen von dem Architekten Thomas Baldwin und fertiggestellt im Jahre 1789, Bad, Avon, Vereinigtes Königreich.
3624 x 2415 px | 30,7 x 20,4 cm | 12,1 x 8,1 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
19. April 2011
Ort:
Great Pulteney Street, Bath, Avon, UK.
Weitere Informationen:
"Great Pulteney Street is a grand thoroughfare that connects Bathwick on the east of the River Avon with the City of Bath, England via the Robert Adam designed Pulteney Bridge. Viewed from the city side of the bridge the road leads directly to the Holburne Museum of Art that was originally the Sydney Hotel where tea rooms, card rooms a concert room and a ballroom were installed for the amusement of Bath's many visitors. At over 1, 000 feet (300 m) long and 100 feet (30 m) wide, the road itself is the widest and grandest in Bath. The architect only constructed the façade though - developers acquired plots and built the actual structures behind. This means that, although obviously similar, many of the properties have different internal features, and some large stretches were used to build hotels. It was intended that, along with the access provided by Pulteney Bridge, the eastern side of the Avon would be popular with speculators and developers. This appears not to have been the case — no further developments were made on this scale, and one of the side streets off Great Pulteney Street, Sunderland Street, is the shortest street in town, with only one address. After 1789 the financial climate did not encourage further building, the Panic of 1797 (Deflation 1793 - 1800) was followed by the Depression of 1807. Bath was also affected by a serious flood in 1809 which would have flooded many of the basements in Great Pulteney Street and the surrounding fields. Famous former residents of the street have included the novelist Jane Austen and the anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce. Numbers 1 to 7 were a single government office, now designated as a Grade I listed building. Numbers 41A and 42 to 77 have also been Grade I listed." Wikipedia
