Wells buildings [7]
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Wells buildings [7]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 23 Aug 2019
This wonderfully bold building in Venetian Gothic style was erected in 1856. Built for Stuckey's, the Lamport bank, on the site of the George Inn (anciently the Crystesham Inn, first mentioned in 1388). Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1382952 A Roman settlement around three wells that became much more important when the Anglo-Saxon King Ine of Wessex founded a minster church in 704, Wells is the second smallest city in England.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.208991
Longitude
-2.645997