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Bath, And Its Former Inhabitants.
to the east and south . The land was leased in 1583 to one John Hull , a shoemaker , and Dr . Bettenson , in 1720 , began the house . William Killigrew seems to have been the architect , as the style of the building is similar to other houses erected by him in the town at the same period . Dr . Bave ' s House , St . James ' s Rampier , now the Bath United Hospital
Lower Borough Walls . —Wood mentions this house as making a handsome appearance on theRampier ; it was always considered as the best built house in Bath . Dr . Bave Avas , in 1731 , the most fashionable physician in the city ; and Lady Russell , in a letter to Mrs . Clayton , describes his foppish appearance , smelling of perfumes , in a black velvet dress , and large white powdere d wig . Subsequently the house was used as the Alfred Hotel . It overlooked the country , and the situation was most charming .
Chandos House Avas built in 1727 for the Duke of Chandos . There was a mansion on this spot , in which Robert Lord Brook lived , and in the diningroom his lordship , in 1674 , caused a handsome chimneypiece to be erected , the ornaments of which commemorated his cure of a diabetes by the use of the Bath waters . Wood rebuilt the house for the duke , and he says that he carefully preserved the above mentioned chimneypiece , but we have never yet found any trace of it .
Beau Nash's House , St . John ' s Court , now the Garrick ' s Head , Sawclose . — This is the house in which the King of Bath first resided ; it Avas built by Thomas GreenaAvay , a stonecutter , in 1720 , and the profuseness of the ornaments , says Mr . Wood , tempted Mr . Nash to make it his first residence . None but a stonemason ( Wood observes ) , to show his art , would have gone to such an expense in the enrichments ; he also remarks that 'twas the richest sample of building till that time executed in the city .
[ We have been requested to correct an error in this description . We are informed that Beau Nash lived in the house adjoining the Garrick ' s Head , now occupied as porter stores by Messrs . Broadley and Sturmey . He lay in a sort of state when dead , in a room next door , which occupied the space now appropriated to a coal office . This part of Beau Nash's house has been rebuilt since the reign of the King of Bath . " ]
Duke of Northumberland ' s House , Westgate-street , now the Bunch of Grapes Tavern . —Tradition asserts that royalty sojourned here . Wood observes , 14 that the house looks like a palace without . " The interior is still more ancient than the present frontage , which seems to have been added to it in 1720 , Avhen many of the old buildings had new fronts put to them . It is probable that before that time it belonged to the Earls of Bath , as the
Roman eagle appears on escutcheons in the interior ; and this privilege of bearing the paternal coat of arms on the breast of the Roman eagle Avas granted to Charles , Lord Bath ' s son , for his great services at Vienna , in 1683 , and for which services he Avas created Earl of Lansdown . Two small windows of Gothic design , in the lane on the left hand , prove that this mansion was originally of Gothic or Elizabethan design .
General Wade ' s House fhi the Abbey Churchyard . —This mansion Avas built most probably by Killigrew . General , afterwards Field-Marshal , Wade , was four times elected member for Bath , from 1722 to 1741 . He was a great benefactor to the city : lie built the alley called Wade ' s-passage ; gave live hundred guineas to the rebuilding of St . Michael ' s Church ; presented
a magnificent marble altar-piece to the Abbey Church , & c , & c . Marshal Wade was Ralph Allen ' s staunch friend and patron , and indeed gave him bis daughter in marriage . Marshal Wade died 14 th March , 1748 , aged 75 , and a most stately monument in Westminster Abbey is erected to the memory of this great man , and describes his numerous appointments .
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Bath, And Its Former Inhabitants.
to the east and south . The land was leased in 1583 to one John Hull , a shoemaker , and Dr . Bettenson , in 1720 , began the house . William Killigrew seems to have been the architect , as the style of the building is similar to other houses erected by him in the town at the same period . Dr . Bave ' s House , St . James ' s Rampier , now the Bath United Hospital
Lower Borough Walls . —Wood mentions this house as making a handsome appearance on theRampier ; it was always considered as the best built house in Bath . Dr . Bave Avas , in 1731 , the most fashionable physician in the city ; and Lady Russell , in a letter to Mrs . Clayton , describes his foppish appearance , smelling of perfumes , in a black velvet dress , and large white powdere d wig . Subsequently the house was used as the Alfred Hotel . It overlooked the country , and the situation was most charming .
Chandos House Avas built in 1727 for the Duke of Chandos . There was a mansion on this spot , in which Robert Lord Brook lived , and in the diningroom his lordship , in 1674 , caused a handsome chimneypiece to be erected , the ornaments of which commemorated his cure of a diabetes by the use of the Bath waters . Wood rebuilt the house for the duke , and he says that he carefully preserved the above mentioned chimneypiece , but we have never yet found any trace of it .
Beau Nash's House , St . John ' s Court , now the Garrick ' s Head , Sawclose . — This is the house in which the King of Bath first resided ; it Avas built by Thomas GreenaAvay , a stonecutter , in 1720 , and the profuseness of the ornaments , says Mr . Wood , tempted Mr . Nash to make it his first residence . None but a stonemason ( Wood observes ) , to show his art , would have gone to such an expense in the enrichments ; he also remarks that 'twas the richest sample of building till that time executed in the city .
[ We have been requested to correct an error in this description . We are informed that Beau Nash lived in the house adjoining the Garrick ' s Head , now occupied as porter stores by Messrs . Broadley and Sturmey . He lay in a sort of state when dead , in a room next door , which occupied the space now appropriated to a coal office . This part of Beau Nash's house has been rebuilt since the reign of the King of Bath . " ]
Duke of Northumberland ' s House , Westgate-street , now the Bunch of Grapes Tavern . —Tradition asserts that royalty sojourned here . Wood observes , 14 that the house looks like a palace without . " The interior is still more ancient than the present frontage , which seems to have been added to it in 1720 , Avhen many of the old buildings had new fronts put to them . It is probable that before that time it belonged to the Earls of Bath , as the
Roman eagle appears on escutcheons in the interior ; and this privilege of bearing the paternal coat of arms on the breast of the Roman eagle Avas granted to Charles , Lord Bath ' s son , for his great services at Vienna , in 1683 , and for which services he Avas created Earl of Lansdown . Two small windows of Gothic design , in the lane on the left hand , prove that this mansion was originally of Gothic or Elizabethan design .
General Wade ' s House fhi the Abbey Churchyard . —This mansion Avas built most probably by Killigrew . General , afterwards Field-Marshal , Wade , was four times elected member for Bath , from 1722 to 1741 . He was a great benefactor to the city : lie built the alley called Wade ' s-passage ; gave live hundred guineas to the rebuilding of St . Michael ' s Church ; presented
a magnificent marble altar-piece to the Abbey Church , & c , & c . Marshal Wade was Ralph Allen ' s staunch friend and patron , and indeed gave him bis daughter in marriage . Marshal Wade died 14 th March , 1748 , aged 75 , and a most stately monument in Westminster Abbey is erected to the memory of this great man , and describes his numerous appointments .