Sydney Place, Bath Explained

Sydney Place
Coordinates:51.3858°N -2.3514°W
Location:Bath, Somerset, England
Built:c. 1800
Designation1:Grade I Listed Building
Designation1 Offname:Numbers 93 to 103 Sydney Place
Designation1 Date:12 June 1950
Designation1 Number:443739
Designation2:Grade I Listed Building
Designation2 Offname:Numbers 1 to 12 Sydney Place
Designation2 Date:12 June 1950
Designation2 Number:443740

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 roofs. Jane Austen lived in Number 4 from 1801 to 1805.[1]

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.[2]

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Number 1 to 12 Sydney Place. https://web.archive.org/web/20121018033418/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=443740. dead. 2012-10-18. Images of England. English Heritage. 2009-07-26.
  2. Web site: Nos 93 to 103 (consec) Sydney Place. https://web.archive.org/web/20121018033442/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=443739. dead. 2012-10-18. Images of England. English Heritage. 2009-07-26.
  3. Web site: Holburne of Menstrie Museum . Images of England . https://web.archive.org/web/20071103232727/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=443742 . dead . 2007-11-03 . 2007-10-27.