IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Upper Breach, WELLS, BA5 3QG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Upper Breach, BA5 3QG by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (36 Images Found)
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South Horrington
From Wells Golf Club looking towards the expanding village of South Horrington. Originally South Horrington consisted of a few houses (seen on the right of the photo) along the road and Mendip Hospital (an asylum). The hospital was redeveloped into housing some years ago, and the area is now a thriving little community. The crane shows where new housing (apparently sheltered accommodation) is now being erected.
Image: © Sharon Loxton
Taken: 24 Aug 2007
0.04 miles
2
A saintly home
When built, this was a Church of England chapel that served the original Somerset and Bath Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Along with much of the hospital wings, it was designed by George Scott and William Moffatt in the Gothic Revival style. Following closure in 1991, the church was converted into residential use and renamed St Cuthbert's Village.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 26 May 2021
0.08 miles
3
The church from Upper Breach
Gilbert Scott and William Moffatt designed the hospital site with this impressive church at the centre in the 1840s.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 26 May 2021
0.08 miles
4
Beware of traffic - no pavement
Two things to alarm a casual pedestrian.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 26 May 2021
0.08 miles
5
Former Church, South Horrington
This church was at the centre of the former Mendip Hospital which closed in 1991.
The hospital opened in 1848 and much of the design was by George Gilbert Scott.
Following closure many of the buildings have been converted into housing, including the church, creating an unusual and attractive new small village.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 26 Aug 2014
0.09 miles
6
Arches over Moffat's Drive
The archways link the main old hospital buildings with the chapel.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 26 May 2021
0.09 miles
7
Getting to the church in style
When Scott and Moffatt designed the original Somerset and Bath Pauper Lunatic Asylum in the 1840s, they did so in a particularly grand and stylish manner. They put a church at the centre of the site and also created two archways to link both as they crossed the road below.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 26 May 2021
0.09 miles
8
Former chapel at Somerset and Bath Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Converted into apartments.
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: 17 Aug 2020
0.09 miles
9
Bridges to chapel at Somerset and Bath Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: 17 Aug 2020
0.09 miles
10
Arches over Moffat's Drive
The old hospital and church are linked by two archways.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 26 May 2021
0.10 miles