Pulteney Bridge
Georgian shop-lined bridge on three stone arches over the river, inspired by Palladio's Rialto design.
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This guide to Pulteney Bridge in Bath starts with a builder's estimate and a final bill that refuse to match. It follows Sir William Pulteney's plan for a new town across the river, the council's complaint about Thomas Paty's design, and Robert Adam's borrowing from a Venetian drawing that was never built. Best heard from the riverside below, where you can see the arches and the shop backs over the water.
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