Bath: An Architectural Guide; Author: Gorst, Thom; Author: Photographer Collie, Keith; Paperback

Author: Gorst, Thom; Author: Photographer Collie, Keith
Paperback; Illustrations
312 pages
Published: December 1997
Chrysalis Books
ISBN: 1899858288

This guide covers all of Bath's notable architecture with commissioned photographs and an introduction outlining the social and economic forces that shaped the city.The city of Bath is not just a museum of a past phenomenon -- it is a living urban organism with dramatic scenery and ancient beauty. The Romans established their city of Aquae Sulis, and it was here too that eighteenth-century society settled in the refined luxury of the architecture we now call Georgian. Its rich history is told through the text and pictures here.This guide looks at a broad range of architecture in Bath, providing an understanding of the historical and political contexts that have shaped it. It focuses on significant projects built since 1990 as well as providing practical information for vistors.