Great Pulteney Street
Broad Georgian boulevard lined with grand Corinthian-pilastered terraces stretching from a fountain square.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Great Pulteney Street in Bath begins in July 1793, with an auction notice in the Bath Chronicle and a builder's half-finished house on this very street. It follows the money behind the grand facades: the landowner Sir William Pulteney, his architect Thomas Baldwin, and the local contractors who took the leases. Best heard standing near the Laura Place end, looking down the length of the street.
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