Georgian Buildings of Bath

Walter Ison's classic book, celebrating the architecture of Georgian Bath, was first published in 1948 having been researched and written against the background of a soot-blackened and bomb-damaged city. It was to provide the authorities with powerful encouragement to prepare the damage caused in the war and so preserve the magnificent Georgian heritage of the city. This study remains unsurpassed for its completeness and accuracy and, despite several republications, is now out of print. Ison examines the chronology of Bath's Georgian buildings, sets them against the social world for which they were conceived, and looks at the architects and builders who created them. This hardback volume is a facsimile of the 1948 edition but with a new introductory Foreward by Michael Forsyth, author of the recently published Pevsner Architectural Guide to Bath.

Table of Contents

An Historical Survey of the Georgian Development of Bath
The Principal Events and Personalities

The Planning of the Georgian City
The Public Buildings
Assembly Houses
The Baths and Great Pump Room
Bridges
Churches and Chapels
The Freemasons’ Hall
The Guildhall
Hospitals and Charities
Pleasure Gardens and Hotels
The Prison
Schools
Theatres

The Domestic Buildings
Introductory Note
Planning
Construction
Representative Buildings of the Period 1700-1725
Representative Buildings of the Period 1725-1750
Representative Buildings of the Period 1750-1775
Representative Buildings of the Period 1775-1800
Representative Buildings of the Period 1800-1830

Interior Decoration
Introductory Note
Staircases and Entrance Halls
Representative Interiors
Plasterwork
Chimney Pieces