In December 1987, UNESCO bestowed its greatest honour on Bath when it declared the city a World Heritage Site for its outstanding cultural heritage including its natural thermal spa waters and landscape setting. Bath was one of the first ten sites to be recognised in the United Kingdom and received its award along with Blenheim Palace, Hadrians Wall and the Palace of Westminster.
Published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Baths inscription as a World Heritage Site, Water, History & Style is a celebration of Baths Outstanding Universal Values. With informative and lively text by Bath scholar Dr Cathryn Spence, Water, History & Style explains the significance of UNESCOs award in the context of Baths economic, social and architectural history. The 25 locations and themes are richly illustrated with a wealth of fascinating historic images representing Baths six millennia of human history.
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New edition of the story of Bath's World Heritage Site status
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Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1. Bath Street
2. The Baths
3. Sawclose
4. Trim Street and Upper Borough Walls
5. Georgian Town Planning
6. Upper Assembly Rooms
7. The Royal Crescent and Upper Town
8. Lansdown Crescent
9. North East Corner
10. Milsom Street and Broad Street
11. The Pump Room and the Abbey
12. Temple of Sulis Minerva
13. Kings Bath and Prince Bladud
14. Abbey Green and the Parades
15. Lower Assembly Rooms
16. The Setting
17. Orange Grove and the High Street
18. Pulteney Bridge and Pulteney Estate
19. Sydney Gardens
20. Bathwick Hill
21. South of the River Avon
22. Prior Park and Combe Down
23. Transport
24. The Bath Blitz and After
25. The Future
Conclusion
Image credits
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Dr CATHRYN SPENCE is a museum professional, lecturer and historic gardens consultant. She is the Curator of Archives at the American Museum in Britain and was previously Director of the Building of Bath Museum, now the Museum of Bath Architecture. She has also worked at the National Portrait Gallery and the V&A Museum. In addition to her work as a consultant, Cathryn is also an independent researcher, her specialism being the architectural, cultural and social history of Georgian Britain. She wrote a regular monthly column for several years for The Bath Magazine; much of the research undertaken for those articles served as the basis for the four books she has published with The History Press.
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