Identifier: topographicalsur02robe (find matches)
Title: A topographical survey of the great road from London to Bath and Bristol. : With historical and descriptive accounts of the country, towns, villages, and gentlemen's seats on and adjacent to it...
Year: 1792 (1790s)
Authors: Robertson, Archibald
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Publisher: London: : Printed for the author... and William Faden...
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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rcle is a covered reservoir of water,which supplies a great part of the neigh- 124 SURVEY OF THE GREAT ROAD FROM bourhood, and is replenished from clearsprings. A little to the north-east of this Circus,stands the Royal Crescent, another pile ofelegant buildings; the communication be-tween which and the Circus is formed by-Brock Street.—The Royal Crescent is builtin an elliptical form, having one order ofIonic pillars, which support the upper cor-nice. The houses which compose this pileare perfectly regular, and from the ele-vated and open situation they stand on,*command charming prospects over thelower part of the city, and along the sur-rounding vale. While Mr. Wood was employed in hisimprovements, which consisted of manymore objects than I have recited, others, pro-fiting by his example, were raising streets,and different detached works, in various partsof the city: from which time, to the presentday, the ardour for building has not in thesmallest degree abated; but, on the con-
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LONDON TO BATH AND BRISTOL. 125 trary, there seems to be a greater rage forit at the present moment, than ever. Bath, by gradual steps, has ascended al-most to the summit of the hills around it;particularly on the northern side of the vale,under Lansdown: for, besides several newstreets, and other groups of buildings, knownby various names, raised in that quarter, asecond crescent, a handsome structure, calledLansdown Place, has sprung up on the leftof the road leading to Lansdown ; and onthe opposite side of that road, a third cres-cent, called Camden Place, has lately ap-peared ; both of which, from the very ele-vated situations they stand on, commandbirds-eye views of the city and surroundingcountry, and become distinguished objectsfrom many parts of the vale.—The avenuesleading to these buildings, and the Downsabove them, having been improved, arerendered more easy, and are now perfectlysafe, both for carriages, and those who takethe air on horseback. Directly fronting the Royal

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