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NOTABLE HOUSES OF BATH 



FIG. 216. Shops at Cirencester. 



Ralph Allen at Bath (Fig. 214), which is an architectural 

 composition of much greater pretensions, now almost hidden 

 from public view. It will be remembered that his country house 

 was Prior Park. 



Bath, of course, is full of good examples of town houses ; but 

 Bath was much more than a town to which the neighbouring 

 gentry resorted for the winter. It was a fashionable watering 

 place, and provision had to be made for visitors throughout the 

 year. Some of its buildings have already been mentioned, but 



