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Bath, And Its Former Inhabitants.
by John Wood , a § an entrance from the city of Bath , to what he styles 44 the new buildings at the south-west corner , " that is , to the present North and South Parades , & c . The view is taken from Orchard-street , which till late years , like the parades , had no carriage road , but was traversed by chairs and pedestrians only . The columns of the portico are Doric . The large
house seen beyond the pillars is the house in Pierrepont-street , occupied for more than thirty years by the celebrated Lord Chesterfield ; u from it he addressed several of his memorable letters to his son , the dates of which range from 1738 to 1771 . " The house on the right-hand side , with ornamented door-way , was the residence of Linley , a builder , and here the Fair Maid of Bath , Eliza Linley , afterwards Mrs . Sheridan , was born in 1767 .
St . John's-gate , Batl . —Like St . James ' s portico , to use John Wood ' s own words , " this gate is a Avay , made through the basement story of one of the houses in Trim-street , for a public entrance with carriages , to the new buildings at the north-west corner of the city . " The house on the right hand , with pediment and ornamented windows , was the residence of Dr . French LaAvrence , MP ., brother to the Archbishop of Cashel , both of whom were sons of a Avatchmaker in the Orange-grove . John-street is seen beyond the arch , and terminates in the tall house , occupied by the Misses
Hoblyn , and where they realized 30 , 0002 . The prosperity of these ladies commenced with a visit from the Duke and Duchess of York , on which occasion the steps of the door were covered Avith scarlet cloth . The house close by , Avith tAvo gables , is the Barton House , the residence of Sherston , the first mayor of Bath under Queen Elizabeth ' s charter , and where he entertained that sovereign . The first house on the right of Sherston's , and uoav No . 7 , John-street , belonged to Fleming , author of Tim Gimadrake , " and a u History of Bath . " Fleming Avas the father of the Misses Fleming ,
Avho in this house had a dancing academy . The first house in Wood-street appears on the left hand of the arch . On the right hand appears Quietstreet . John-street and Wood-street Avere intended by their appellation to
perpetuate the names of the celebrated architect , John Wood . Lord Lexington's , or Shrine ' s Lower House . —This is uoav the oldest house in the city of Bath , and it appears in Dr . Jones ' s view of the town , published in 1572 , next No-Where-lane ; it Avas built on St . James ' s Rampier , Avithin the town Avails , commanding a fine vIcav to the west . John Wood thus describes it : — This is the second best house in the city , and belonged to Lord Lexington , who assigned it over to Mrs . Saville , in lieu of a legacy
of 100 / ., which he was to pay her ; and that house Avas commonly called Skrine ' s LoAver Llouse , because it became the property of Mr . William Skrine , on his marrying Mrs . Saville . It not only made a habitation for the Princess Caroline in the spring season of the year 174 C , but of the same Princess and her sister , the Princess of Hesse , in the autumn season
of the same year . " The court at the side , iioav called Hetling-conrt , was , in Wood ' s time , called Skrine ' s-court . This old house took the name of Hetling , from Mr . Hetling , a wine-me reliant , Avho carried on his business here . After life time , in 1777 , it passed into the hands of the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society . It was recently used as a Mormon meeting-house . A noble room still remains upstairs , panelled to the ceiling with oak wainscoting , and there is a handsome stone fire-place , as old
as the house , in the Tudor or the Elizabethan style ; but the original coat of arms has been removed , and the shield and crest of the Clarkes of Somerset , to whom the buildings must at some time or other have belonged , substituted in its place . Lord St . Loe ' s Castle Neioton Park . —This is the only remaining tower of
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Bath, And Its Former Inhabitants.
by John Wood , a § an entrance from the city of Bath , to what he styles 44 the new buildings at the south-west corner , " that is , to the present North and South Parades , & c . The view is taken from Orchard-street , which till late years , like the parades , had no carriage road , but was traversed by chairs and pedestrians only . The columns of the portico are Doric . The large
house seen beyond the pillars is the house in Pierrepont-street , occupied for more than thirty years by the celebrated Lord Chesterfield ; u from it he addressed several of his memorable letters to his son , the dates of which range from 1738 to 1771 . " The house on the right-hand side , with ornamented door-way , was the residence of Linley , a builder , and here the Fair Maid of Bath , Eliza Linley , afterwards Mrs . Sheridan , was born in 1767 .
St . John's-gate , Batl . —Like St . James ' s portico , to use John Wood ' s own words , " this gate is a Avay , made through the basement story of one of the houses in Trim-street , for a public entrance with carriages , to the new buildings at the north-west corner of the city . " The house on the right hand , with pediment and ornamented windows , was the residence of Dr . French LaAvrence , MP ., brother to the Archbishop of Cashel , both of whom were sons of a Avatchmaker in the Orange-grove . John-street is seen beyond the arch , and terminates in the tall house , occupied by the Misses
Hoblyn , and where they realized 30 , 0002 . The prosperity of these ladies commenced with a visit from the Duke and Duchess of York , on which occasion the steps of the door were covered Avith scarlet cloth . The house close by , Avith tAvo gables , is the Barton House , the residence of Sherston , the first mayor of Bath under Queen Elizabeth ' s charter , and where he entertained that sovereign . The first house on the right of Sherston's , and uoav No . 7 , John-street , belonged to Fleming , author of Tim Gimadrake , " and a u History of Bath . " Fleming Avas the father of the Misses Fleming ,
Avho in this house had a dancing academy . The first house in Wood-street appears on the left hand of the arch . On the right hand appears Quietstreet . John-street and Wood-street Avere intended by their appellation to
perpetuate the names of the celebrated architect , John Wood . Lord Lexington's , or Shrine ' s Lower House . —This is uoav the oldest house in the city of Bath , and it appears in Dr . Jones ' s view of the town , published in 1572 , next No-Where-lane ; it Avas built on St . James ' s Rampier , Avithin the town Avails , commanding a fine vIcav to the west . John Wood thus describes it : — This is the second best house in the city , and belonged to Lord Lexington , who assigned it over to Mrs . Saville , in lieu of a legacy
of 100 / ., which he was to pay her ; and that house Avas commonly called Skrine ' s LoAver Llouse , because it became the property of Mr . William Skrine , on his marrying Mrs . Saville . It not only made a habitation for the Princess Caroline in the spring season of the year 174 C , but of the same Princess and her sister , the Princess of Hesse , in the autumn season
of the same year . " The court at the side , iioav called Hetling-conrt , was , in Wood ' s time , called Skrine ' s-court . This old house took the name of Hetling , from Mr . Hetling , a wine-me reliant , Avho carried on his business here . After life time , in 1777 , it passed into the hands of the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society . It was recently used as a Mormon meeting-house . A noble room still remains upstairs , panelled to the ceiling with oak wainscoting , and there is a handsome stone fire-place , as old
as the house , in the Tudor or the Elizabethan style ; but the original coat of arms has been removed , and the shield and crest of the Clarkes of Somerset , to whom the buildings must at some time or other have belonged , substituted in its place . Lord St . Loe ' s Castle Neioton Park . —This is the only remaining tower of