Bath City Architect
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The prominent post of Bath City Architect was bestowed by the Corporation of Bath, England
, on an architect
who would be repeatedly chosen for civic
projects.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, on an architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
who would be repeatedly chosen for civic
Civic center
A civic center or civic centre is a prominent land area within a community that is constructed to be its focal point or center. It usually contains one or more dominant public buildings, which may also include a government building...
projects.
- Thomas Warr AttwoodThomas Warr AttwoodThomas Warr Attwood was an English builder, architect and local politician in Bath.He was a member of a prominent local family and a member of the city Council from 1760. Although he held no formal appointment, he acted as city surveyor and architect...
(unofficially) –1775 - Thomas BaldwinThomas Baldwin (architect)Thomas Baldwin was an English surveyor and architect in Bath.He did not originally hail from Bath but was first recorded in the city in 1774, where he was initially a clerk to plumber, glazier, and politician Thomas Warr Attwood. By 1775, he was appointed as the Bath City Architect after...
1780–1792 - John Palmer 1792–1817
- (Possibly unoccupied) 1817–1823
- George Phillips MannersGeorge Phillips MannersGeorge Phillips Manners was an English architect, City Architect and →to the city of Bath from 1823 to 1862.In his early career he worked with Charles Harcourt Masters and after about 1845 was in partnership with C.E. Gill...
1823–1862 - Charles Edward Davis 1862-1902