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32 Brock St. Bath

When the elder Wood planned the King's Circus he visualized short subsidiary streets leading east and west from it, each terminated by a fine building, but an ever-increasing demand for houses led the younger wood to build these streets as circulatory links with the extensions planned by him. Thus Brock Street, built in 1765 and named in honor of John Wood's brother in law, become the principal paved access to the Royal Crescent.
With an assured sense of dramatic effect, Wood deliberately subdued the architectural expression of the houses lining these approaches, and in Brock Street the most elaborate decorated features are the shallow porches and doorways, which show many interesting variations of treatment. The building of Margaret Chapel was probably responsible for one curious flight of fancy displayed in the "Gothick" treatment of a doorway on the south side.

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Directions from the M25 / M4
Leave M25 at junction 15 and join M4
signposted. The West Slough. Leave M4 at junction 18 and join A46 signposted, Bath and Stroud,
At roundabout take first exit
Signposted Bath. Continue on A46 entering Pennsylvania, at Cold Ashton roundabout take second exit, keep left, then branch left
Signposted Bath, Warminster. At roundabout take third exit
Signposted A4 Bath.
At Cleavedon Place continue forward at traffic signals turn right into Landsdown Rd,
Signposted Landsdown. Turn left into Bennett Street. At the Circus take second exit Brock Street
We are on the right of the Street.
32 Brock Street Bath.

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Brocks Guest House, 32 Brock St. Bath. BA1 2LN email brocks@brocksguesthouse.co.uk
Tel. +44 (0) 1225 338374 Fax +44 (0) 1225 334245