Great Pulteney Street, Bath

At 1,000 feet long and 100 feet wide, the Great Pulteney Street is the most impressive in Bath. The houses along the street were commissioned by Sir William Pulteney and designed by Thomas Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin designed the exterior facade to be unifying. However, the houses and hotels behind the facades are all unique.

Great Pulteney Street would have been very familiar to Jane Austen. From her residence at Sydney Place, she would have walked Great Pulteney Street to reach the center of town. In Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland's aunt and uncle the Allen's had lodgings in Great Pulteney Street, and it was here that Catherine stayed during her time in Bath. The Allen's house was considered enormous and very fashionable.

Don't miss Laura Place, connected to Great Pulteney Street. In Persuasion, the Elliot's wealthy cousins, the Dowager Viscountess Dalrymple and the Honourable Miss Carteret, resided at the very prestigious and fashionable Laura Place.