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was placed on the wrong house, and has only recently been moved. The Circus has seven plaques in total.
North Parade William Wordsworth stayed for a summer at 9 North Parade in 1841, and attended the wedding of his daughter. Despite number 9 being the setting of the plaque there is some disagreement over whether this is actually the correct street number, as in letters from the period Wordsworth gives number 12 as his address.
Sydney Place Jane Austen’s family moved to Bath after her father left the ministry. They lived at 4 Sydney Place between 1801 and 1806. The family lived at several addresses across the city, later moving to 27 Green Park Buildings, and after the death of her father, 25 Gay Street and finally a house in Trim Street, until they left for Hampshire. Two of Austen’s novels, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey are set in the area surrounding Bath.
St James Square Charles Dickens would often come to Bath to stay with his friend Walter Savage Landor, who lived at number 35 St James Square. Bath features heavily in his novel The Pickwick Papers, from characters ‘taking the water’, to the Royal Crescent being the setting of a chase, to some of the residents appearing in the novel including local publican Moses Pickwick, who ran The White Hart Inn.
North Parde Buildings
The house in which Wordsworth stayed is now a bar
Pierrepont Street Lord Horatio Nelson stayed at several places all over the city but his plaque is placed on 2 Pierrepont Street, the home of apothecary Joseph Spry. Nelson came to Bath to recover his health, and apparently believed implicitly in the healing capabilities of the baths.
Widcombe Lodge It is thought that author Henry Fielding wrote part of Tom Jones whilst staying at in a cottage in Twerton; the genial Squire Allworthy is said to be based on his friend Ralph Allen. He also spent a lot of time with his sister at Widcombe Lodge, as the cottage in Twerton was demolished; this is where the plaque resides. BL -
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Style never goes out of fashion, and the streets that first attracted the rich and famous are the same ones that still attract the stars today.
6 North Parade Buildings
£1 million This five-bedroom Georgian town house consists of a tiled reception hall, a kitchen/breakfast room with granite worktops and a dining room with a period range on the ground floor. On the first floor there is a drawing room with sash windows, and a bedroom. The second floor consists of two of the bedrooms, and a bathroom. The final two bedrooms are on the third floor, one with en suite, and a shower room. The lower ground floor holds the office and guest room, whilst the basement houses three converted vaults, and another shower room. Pritchard
www.pritchard-partners.co.uk
18 The Circus £425,000 This is a ground-floor flat in one of the most prestigious locations in Bath. The elegant drawing room boasts tall ceilings, sash windows and a central period fireplace. Off from here is the kitchen, which is compact, but fully equipped. The bedroom has a bay window over looking the garden. Following on from the bedroom is a white-suite bathroom. The home is being sold fully-furnished – in an appropriately classical style. Hamptons:
www.hamptons.co.uk
21 St James Square, £325,000 Situated in one of the largest Georgian Squares in Europe, this third floor flat has impressive views. Unusually, the building has a four-window frontage, making the flats larger than usual. A private entrance hall leads to a sitting room, with period fireplace. Double doors lead to a well-fitted kitchen. There is a bedroom with sash windows looking out onto the square, and a second bedroom, also with sash windows and with rear views. The bathroom is a white suite with both bath and shower. Cobb Farr:
www.cobbfarr.com
Picture-perfect: Castle Combe
www.mediaclash.co.uk Bath Life 91
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