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might meet all the eligible men currently in the City. At one concert in 1779, attended by around 800 ladies and gentlemen, 60 members of the nobility were present. During the season, which ran from
October to June, at least two balls a week were held, in addition to a range of concerts and other events. Scenes such as this feature in the novels of
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In the ball-room, the long card-room, the octagonal card-room, the staircases, and the passages, the hum of many voices, and the sound of many feet, were perfectly bewildering. Dresses rustled, feathers waved, lights shone, and jewels sparkled. There was the music—not of the quadrille band, for it
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Mrs Allen was so long in dressing, that they did not enter the ball-room till late. The season was full, the room crowded, and the two ladies squeezed in as well as they could. As for Mr Allen, he repaired directly to the card-room, and left them to enjoy a mob by
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We have examined too, with a Degree of particular
Attention, some of the most Admired Beauties of the last and present season, at both the Rooms, and, as far as we could determine, they were either best pleased, or most beautiful, under the
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in his 1778 'New Bath Guide' admired the architecture of the New or Upper Rooms but thought that 'in spite of all these
Advantages, we much doubt, whether it be true that the Upper Rooms shew Female Beauty so advantageously
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in Venice. Adam also submitted plans for the new
Assembly Rooms but these were rejected as too costly. John Wood, the Younger raised funding for the construction of the Assembly Rooms by the use of a
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The grandeur of the building make it a popular location for feature films and television series set in the
Georgian period. The BBC have used it as a location for the filming of an adaptation of
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October 2022 after a break clause in the lease was enacted. The exhibits have been placed into storage as the Museum seeks funding for a permanent new home within the city.
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entrance and an extension to the rear. The interior is laid out in a U shape, with the larger Ball Room and Tea Room along either side with the octagonal Card Room at the end. The rooms have
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had not yet commenced; but the music of soft tiny footsteps, with now and then a clear merry laugh—low and gentle, but very pleasant to hear in a female voice, whether in Bath or elsewhere.
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laid out the new quarters in streets and squares, the identical façades of which gave an impression of palatial scale and classical decorum. Much of the creamy honey-coloured
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in 1735, which would be completed by the younger John Wood. Queen Square was the first speculative development by the elder John Wood, who lived in one of the houses. The
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dress for men, women and children from the late 16th century to the present day and has more than 30,000 objects. The earliest pieces are
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times, however, in response to the increasing number of visitors to the spa and resort town who required accommodation. The architects
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1348:. Museum of Bath Architecture. Archived from
943:"John Wood and the Creation of Georgian Bath"
853:List of National Trust properties in Somerset
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1788:"Bath Assembly Rooms project | Bath"
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1135:. New Haven: Yale University Press.
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1838:Evans, Rian (11 November 2008).
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1298:"The Upper Assembly Rooms, Bath"
1197:. Cathryn Spence. Archived from
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1559:"The Assembly Rooms Bath"
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1976:Assembly Rooms page
1919:. Museum of Costume
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