Somerset Place is a Georgian Grade I listed

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, England. The facades were designed by the architect John Eveleigh, who went bankrupt during the creation of the building, which started in 1790 but was not completed until the 1820s. In 1784

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purchased an area of pasture including Great Lydes to build houses overlooking Bath, although there is evidence of

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and

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settlement on the area. Twenty houses were originally planned, but numbers 1 to 4 were not built. Some of the crescent was destroyed during the

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and rebuilt as student accommodation in the 1950s and 1960s for Bath College of Domestic Science. It used to form part of the campus of

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, but has since been sold. It was used for student accommodation and the

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English Language Programme. In the 2010s a major redevelopment of the western end of the terrace took place, including the construction of No. 4.Ham and Doulting Stone
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Grade I listed buildings in Bath, Somerset Grade I listed residential buildings Streets in Bath, Somerset Parks and open spaces in Bath, Somerset Bath Spa University Crescents (architecture) Houses completed in 1820 {{Somerset-struct-stub