Great Pulteney Street
What is it?
"Great Pulteney Street is one of Bath's great architectural set pieces
and among Britain's finest formal streets. It is 1,100 feet long by 100
feet wide (335 by 30 metres). The layout is monumental and the terraces
are designed to look like palaces, so that the whole is greater than
the sum of the parts." [
Forsyth 2003].
Where is it in Bath?
Great Pulteney Street leads from
Laura Place,
accessed
from
the city centre via
Pulteney
Bridge:
The plaque is fixed to the railings in
front of Connaught Mansions, 2 Great Pulteney Street (formerly the
Pulteney Hotel), which has the plaque to Edward,
Lord Bulwer-Lytton fixed to its wall:
The text reads
"Great Pulteney Street
Architects Thomas Baldwin and others
Erected 1789-92"
Location map of plaque:
In addition to the plaque to Lord Bulwer-Lytton (see above), there are
plaques to the following people in Great Pulteney Street:
William Smith
William Wilberforce
Napoleon III
Bishop Thirlwall
Earl Howe
Hannah More
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