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Laura Place, Bath

Field	Value
name	Laura Place
image	Laura Place Bath.jpg
locmapin	Somerset
coordinates
location	Bathwick, Bath, Somerset, England
built	1788
architect	Thomas Baldwin and John Eveleigh
designation1	Grade I Listed Building
designation1_offname	Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Laura Place
designation1_date	12 June 1950
designation1_number	1394773
designation2	Grade I Listed Building
designation2_offname	1–7, Great Pulteney Street; 36 and 37 Henrietta Street; 4, 5 and 6, Laura Place
designation2_date	12 June 1950 (4, 5 and 6, Laura Place)
designation2_number	1396180
designation3	Grade I Listed Building
designation3_offname	Nos. 7, 8 and 9, Laura Place
designation3_date	12 June 1950
designation3_number	1394783
designation4	Grade I Listed Building
designation4_offname	Nos. 10, 11 and 12, Laura Place
designation4_date	12 June 1950
designation4_number	1394786
designation5	Grade II Listed Building
designation5_offname	Fountain
designation5_date	11 August 1972
designation5_number	1394787

Laura Place in Bathwick, Bath, Somerset, England, consists of four blocks of houses around an irregular quadrangle at the end of Pulteney Bridge. It was built by Thomas Baldwin and John Eveleigh between 1788 and 1794.

Numbers 4, 5 and 6 are combined with Numbers 1 to 7 Great Pulteney Street, and others with Henrietta Street.

History

The fountain at the center of the quadrangle was not part of the original plan; it was added in the late 19th century. After completion of the main street in 1877 local residents petitioned and successfully raised significant funds to build a grand column (rather like Nelson's Column in London). However, as construction of the column started, the residents realised that the addition would tower over the area (it would be 50% taller than the houses), and so they then petitioned for it to be cancelled. After some negotiations, the column was pulled down and the much smaller fountain added instead. It consists of a circular stone basin with four radial projections surmounted by an urn with gadrooned bowl.

References

"Numbers 1 to 12". English Heritage.
"Fountain". English Heritage.

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