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St. Stephens Road, BATH, BA1 5PN

Just down from the church itself, this benchmark is listed in the Database http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm37546.

St Stephen's Church, Lansdown Road, Bath.

The famous history and architecture scholar Nicholas Pevsner remarked on this church as being "very pinnacled". However he perhaps knew little of the troubled early years when funding debts threatened. But once cleared the tower now looks over the city of Bath from a lofty position. See http://www.ststephensbath.org.uk/architecture.php?page=History for a more in-depth history. See Image] for the 1GL boltmark, which was cut just a few years after the church was constructed.

A nice if somewhat weathered benchmark on St Stephen's dating from 1849. It is a branch from the main Gloucester to London levelling line. See http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm35448 for the Database and more information. Also see Image] for a wider view of this impressive parish church.

Taken a few metres further up the hill than Image, and without the sunshine. The church, by James Wilson, is described at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1394265 . As a bonus, on the extreme left is a listed K6 telephone kiosk https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1394429 .

The Anglican Parish Church of Bath St Stephen is set on a hill in Lansdown on the north slopes of Bath, between Lansdown Road on the left and Richmond Road on the right. The foundation stone was laid on September 7th 1840. The church opened for worship on April 2nd 1845.

St Stephen's church on Lansdown Road was built in 1840-1845 and designed by James Wilson. The chancel is later being built in 1883 to a design by Wilson's business partner M.J. Willcon. The church is unusual in that it has a north/south alignment rather than the normal east/west. The church is Grade II* listed, see: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1394265?section=official-list-entry

The church opened in 1845 as a chapel of ease in the parish of Walcot to designs by James Wilson in an eclectic Gothic style. It became a parish church in its own right in 1881. Listed Grade II*. It remains a prominent landmark, being sited on the slope of Lansdown Hill overlooking the city.

The church tower, a landmark on Bath's skyline, is under repair and the subject of an appeal. "James Wilson built the church at a cost of £6,000 in 1840-5 to serve existing developments and in expectation of future growth. It is broad and somewhat Georgian in proportion and still in the mix-and-match style of the 1830s." (Michael Forsyth, in the Pevsner Architectural Guide to Bath)

A novel approach to illumination at St Stephen's church, Bath. Maybe you can see the light of the Lord?