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Title
Bath: The Paragon
Description
A street of Georgian townhouses in the city of Bath, in Somerset, England. The Hay Hill Baptist Church is on the left.
The layout of the city of Bath was established by John Wood the Elder from 1728 to 1775, where he and then his son, John Wood the Younger, transformed Bath's townscapes to reflect Roman architecture and planning. This particular street is known as The Paragon, due to the terrace lining the mansard rooftops. The Paragon was designed by Thomas Warr Attwood, an architect as well as a politician, who was Mayor of Bath in 1769. His Georgian townhouses were built in 1768 and the Georgian architecture references classical themes from Greece and Rome as well as techniques from the Renaissance.
The layout of the city of Bath was established by John Wood the Elder from 1728 to 1775, where he and then his son, John Wood the Younger, transformed Bath's townscapes to reflect Roman architecture and planning. This particular street is known as The Paragon, due to the terrace lining the mansard rooftops. The Paragon was designed by Thomas Warr Attwood, an architect as well as a politician, who was Mayor of Bath in 1769. His Georgian townhouses were built in 1768 and the Georgian architecture references classical themes from Greece and Rome as well as techniques from the Renaissance.
Creator
Chester Smolski
Date
1973-05-01
Rights
Rhode Island College
Format
Photograph
Identifier
4929
Smolski Image Item Type Metadata
Building Style
Georgian
Building Type
Apartment building
City
Bath
Country
United Kingdom
Creator 1
John Wood, The Elder
Creator 1 Role
architect
Creator 2
John Wood, The Younger
Creator 2 Role
architect
Creator 3
Thomas Warr Attwood
Creator 3 Role
artchitect
Region
Somerset, England
Street Address
The Paragon
Theme
Urban Development