Laura Place
What is it?
Laura Place is part of the Bathwick Estate, "one of the most impressive
of all Neoclassical urban set pieces in Britain" [
Forsyth
2003]. Laura Place is named after Henrietta Laura Pulteney,
daughter of Sir William Johnstone Pulteney and Frances Johnstone
Pulteney. Four streets join on the diagonals of Laura Place:
Argyle Street, Henrietta Street, Johnstone Street and
Great Pulteney
Street.
Where is it in Bath?
Laura Place connects
Pulteney Bridge
via Argyle Street to
Great Pulteney
Street. The whole estate lies to
the east of the city centre on the far side of the River Avon.
This plaque is fixed to railings near the entrance from Bennett Street:
The text reads
"Laura Place
Architects Thomas Baldwin and Others
Erected 1788-89"
Location map of plaque:
(c) 2011
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