Benchmark - 13 Queen Square - Bath, Somerset
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N 51° 22.975 W 002° 21.835
30U E 544265 N 5692600
Cut benchmark, 13 Queen Square, Bath.
Waymark Code: WMWJTB
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/13/2017
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Benchmark on the west corner of No. 13 Queen Square, Bath.
|
Square |
Easting |
Northing |
Mark type |
Description |
Height |
Order |
Datum |
Verified year |
Levelling year |
Metres above ground |
|
ST |
7477 |
6493 |
CUT MARK |
13 QUEEN SQUARE SW FACE W ANG |
28.750 |
3 |
'N' |
1960 |
1956 |
0.500 |
Queen Square is a square of Georgian houses in the city of Bath. It is the first element in “the most important architectural sequence in Bath”, which includes the Circus and the Royal Crescent.
This building is now home to Stone King Solicitors. The building and attached railings are Grade I listed:
"John Wood leased the site from Robert Gay from 1728 onwards, and granted underleases in 1729-1731 to a range of developers, and the houses are first recorded as occupied in the rate books in 1734. Wood originally intended to level the sloping site, but this was abandoned on the grounds of cost. Queen Square is of exceptional importance as the first large scale instance of town planning to arrive at Bath. Wood drew on precedents in contemporary London house building and, through the courageous and skilful pursuit of his vision, created a monumental ensemble on a fresh sloping site some distance to the west of the former city walls. Each side of the square forms a symmetrical composition, but none of the sides are alike. Queen Square forms the earliest, and lowest, element in the sequence of set-pieces by the Woods which culminates with the Royal Crescent."
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