THE CIRCUS was designed by John Wood the Elder and was built by his son over a period of fifteen years. The houses, adorned with stone carvings and three orders of columns, form a perfect circle and is the first of it's kind in the history of British town planning. The circle is divided into three sections of equal length, which means that from any one of the three intersecting streets an enclosed facade can be seen giving the impression of a complete circle. The Earl of Chatham once lived in numbers 7 & 8 and the artist Thomas Gainsborough painted some of his most famous portraits at number 17 between 1765 and 1774. 
Jackie and Jailee in front of number 7 which is now on the market for 4,000,000.00 pounds! That's close to $8,000,000.00 US dollars. It has 3 stories and a basement flat which includes an indoor swimming pool!
The Sausage Shop with International Varieties
BATH ABBEY ARCHWAY
England's last great medieval church, behind us while taking the picture and which was dissolved in 1539, is today the center of community and cultural life in the city. Bishop Oliver King built the sanctuary in 1499. He employed two master masons, Robert and William Verture, who created the "finest fan vault in England". The abbey is considered to be an outstanding example of perpendicular English gothic architecture. The Abbey Heritage Vaults has exhibitions commemorating the history of Christian worship at the Abbey from the Roman times to the present day, offering an insight into the importance of religion in Bath's history. The museum also displays artifacts unearthed during archeological excavations, including a skeleton thought to be 800 years old.
"JOLLY'S"
Jim and Jailee at the Baths
The lower level of the Baths
Built over 2000 years ago and unearthed by the Victorians, the Roman Baths are built around a natural hot spring, which rises to 46 degrees C and yields 250,000 gallons of water each day. Inside the museum there is a collection of objects including coins, metal cups, a fine bronze brooch and the gilt bronze head of the goddess Sulis Minerva. Today visitors can dine in the Pump Room, which has been a favorite meeting place in Bath since the 18th Century when fashionable society members gathered to sample the spa waters. We are not fashionalbe society members but we did get a free sample of the water to taste when we left the museum - WARM! and icky!
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A couple other museums include the Postal museum where the first paid postage stamp was sent from, and also the American museum where a reinactment of the Civil War takes place daily. We were unable to visit these two on this visit - the Postal museum was fittingly closed on Sunday and we didn't have time to make it over to the American museum, but is a must do on a return visit. All in all Bath is a beautiful city and we had a great day!
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1 comment:
I see that Jailee experienced Bath from a different perspective. No stroller this trip but rode in her snugly. I bet she enjoyed it. Thanks for updating the blog.
Grandpa O
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