- Queen Square (Bath)
Queen Square is a square of Georgian houses in the city of Bath,
England .Queen Square was the first speculative development by the architect
John Wood, the Elder . Wood lived in a house on the square. [cite web |url=http://www.ukattraction.com/west-country/queens-square.htm |title=Queen Square |accessdate=2008-01-10 |format= |work=UK attractions ] Numbers 21-27 make up the north side. [cite web | title= QUEEN SQUARE (north side) | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=443387 | accessdate=2008-01-10] Which was described byNikolaus Pevsner as "one of the finest Palladian compositions in England before 1730". [cite web |url=http://www.thebath.net/old/environment/queensquare/index.html |title=Queen Square |accessdate=2008-01-10 |format= |work= Bath Net]The west side (numbers 14 - 18 and 18A, 19 & 20) was designed by
John Pinch in 1830 and differs from Wood's original design as the central block is in Neo-Grecian style. [cite web | title= QUEEN SQUARE (west side) | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=443386 | accessdate=2008-01-10] 16-18 is now occupied by theBath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) . The south side (numbers 5-13) which was originally left open is now occupied by a hotel. [cite web | title= QUEEN SQUARE (south side) | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=443385 | accessdate=2008-01-10] All of the buildings have been designated byEnglish Heritage as grade Ilisted buildings . The obelisk in the centre of the square was erected byBeau Nash in 1738. [cite web | title= QUEEN SQUARE obelisk | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=443388 | accessdate=2008-01-10]During
World War II , between the evening of25 April and the early morning of27 April 1942 , Bath suffered three air raids in reprisal for RAF raids on the German cities ofLübeck andRostock , part of theLuftwaffe campaign popularly known as theBaedeker Blitz . Over 400 people were killed, and more than 19,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed. [cite web |url=http://www.royalcrescentbath.com/HistoryBathatWar.htm |title=History - Bath at War |accessdate=2007-12-09 |format= |work=Royal Crescent Society, Bath ] Houses on the south side of Queen Square were damaged but have subsequently been restored. [cite web |url=http://www.royalcrescentbath.com/HistoryRoyalCrescent%202.htm#The_Day_Bombs_fell_on_Bath |title=Royal Crescent History: The Day Bombs fell on Bath |accessdate=2007-12-09 |format= |work=Royal Crescent Society, Bath ]References
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