bridge crosses bath england completed connected city newly built georgian town designed style exceptional having shops built span sides designated grade listed building years construction alterations expanded shops changed end 18th century damaged floods rebuilt similar design century alterations shops included extensions bridge north south faces 20th century schemes carried preserve bridge partially return original appearance enhancing appeal tourist attraction bridge metres long metres wide plans bridge buses photographed bridge close centre city largely georgian architecture design construction bridges world shops span sides structure designed original drawings preserved sir museum london bridge named wife wealthy scottish lawyer member parliament daughter government official cousin removed 1st earl bath inherited earl substantial fortune estates close bath somerset death younger brother heir changed surname rural estate william inherited river city reached ferry william plans create new town suburb historic city bath needed better river crossing work street named daughter initial plans bridge drawn estimated cost build include shops second estimate obtained local builders included shops end bridge work begin winter weather construction pillars impossible brothers robert working designs new town adapted original design envisaged elegant structure lined shops similar likely seen visited florence venice adam design closely followed rejected design revised bridge metres wide metres width envisaged overcame objections local council bridge narrow construction started completed cost builders lower bridge local reed shops constructed singers development bridge stood years form adam created alterations bridge widened metres shops enlarged converting original sixteen shops larger ones floods wrecked north bridge constructed inadequate support suggested replacing bridge single span cast iron bridge rebuilt senior surveyor estate ambitious version adam design nineteenth century changed structure appearance premises changing windows expanding adding river painted advertisements outside shops affecting view river grand parade western end pavilion south demolished road widening replacement exact match bridge designated ancient monument city council bought shops plans restoration original façade completed time festival britain work carried 1960s repair underside arches restoration southern street facade needed status bridge ancient monument replaced designation grade listed building bath council forward proposal close bridge motor traffic turn zone plan abandoned september architecture bridge features ranges shops designed style forming narrow street bridge street buildings sit arches equal span shops north rear extensions consequently northern external façade bridge altered architectural merit southern external clearly shows hand built limestone classic style southern façade takes form temple like central bay symmetrical wings connecting flanking terminating central bay given broken supported turn flanked small bays small pointed supported shallow emphasise complement central broken sitting large window focal point building southern structure comprises principal floor street level low separated stone banding beneath principal floor sub floor constructed masonry spans bridge presence indicated windows placed beneath span arch motif reduced scale repeated level beneath central broken terminating reality slight projections shallow concealed pointed roof pitched welsh slate western mid stream pier rebuilt alteration took place western pavilion moved construction appearance changed current scene suicide film version constructed flood prevention scheme restoration undertaken
Pulteney Bridge