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New Orchard Street, BATH, BA1 1BY

Looking east along a festively decorated Northumberland Passage.

Regency architecture in classical style for those "taking the waters". The building also houses a restaurant.

Gothic and classical architecture in the pedestrian precinct attract many tourists.

Pub in Abbey Green, Bath. Next door is Elton House, a property owned by the Landmark Trust

This street was previously called Gallaway's Buildings. Gallaway was an apothecary who started developing his garden c.1740, mainly as lodging houses (John Haddon, Portrait of Bath, 1982).

This is looking from the southern end of Lilliput Court towards North Parade Buildings.

  Although much altered since, the King’s Bath was built in the 12th century within the remains of the earlier Roman building and using the lower walls of the Roman Spring building as foundations. Thermal (46.9°C) spring water rises in this pool at a rate of some 1,170,000 litres a day. This photograph (taken during the summer of 1974) shows the Kings Bath filled as if for use. It was in this pool that 'The Roman Rendezvous' was held. This event started during the Bath Festival in 1962 where, for a 5 shilling ticket, members of the public were allowed to swim in the pool and then join in the dancing in the Pump Room. The water has a greenish tinge because of the algae produced by the water's exposure to daylight. At the date of writing this comment the water level is much lower than shown here. Visitors today will see a definite change in the colour of the stone showing where the 1970's water level used to be. - - - See also these photographs by: Colin Smith: Image (1998), Colin Madge: Image (2008) and Steve Daniels: Image (2010). - - - Sources and other Web pages of interest: Bath In Time: http://www.bathintime.co.uk/image.php?id=312520&idx=6&fromsearch=true Pbase: http://www.pbase.com/seebee/image/22363836 CityOfBath.co.uk: http://www.cityofbath.co.uk/history/body_kingsqueensbath.html CityOfBath.co.uk: http://www.cityofbath.co.uk/romanbaths/body_kingsbathinbath.html The Roman Baths: http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/walkthrough/the_roman_site/the_kings_bath.aspx Hulton Archive/Getty Images: http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/84771755/Hulton-Archive Waymarking.com: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM45BB_Kings_Bath_Bath_England_UK - - - This is a scanned image of a 35mm slide taken during the summer of 1974.

Looking south from Bath Abbey tower the shape of the new Southgate shopping area is visible in the mid ground, with its 'arrow' shape layout. Beyond are the tree-covered slopes of Beechen Cliff.

View south towards the site of the Southgate Shopping Centre, now being demolished prior to redevelopment. The hillside beyond is known as Beechen Cliff.