Our second full day in Somerset was spent further south than Bath.

Our first stop was Wells mainly to have a look at the Cathedral, of which our first glimpse was from the town behind a pair of archways :-

Cathedral frontage:-

Since Bath is known for its Georgian architecture I had not expected to find any Art Deco buildings.

And I didn’t.

But what I did find was that some shops had Art Deco glass, in the door:-

and/or in the upper windows:-

Again here in both:-

The cross motif was repeated above the bakery’s door:

There are several pools at the Roman Baths in Bath. This perspex model shows the sequence in which water flows through the system:-

One of the pools has bubbles coming up through it:-

The darker line round the walls show where the water level once used to be:-

Thsi model shows how the exterior of the baths would have looked in Roman times:-

We couldn’t go to Bath and not visit the Roman Baths. It’s not cheap but there’s a lot to see and they provided us with one of those audio guides.

Baths from bath level:-

Upper level. Note sculptures/statues. Roman gods or emperors as I recall:-

View to left of above:-

Bath Abbey from Roman Baths:-

Bath has many attractions, most of them historical and architectural, but it does tend to be crowded with people as these views of Bath Abbey show:-

To the right of the first picture above is the famous Pump Room as known to Jane Austen:-

Facade. The Greek inscription apprently means ‘Water is Best’:-

Just below Old Pulteney Bridge in Bath there is a weir in the shape of a part-ellipse:-

Weir from above, Old Pulteney Bridge to left:-

Video of weir:-

Bath in Somerset was our main destination for our trip down south last year. Its architecture is mainly Georgian and reminded me a lot of Edinburgh.

This is Old Pulteney Street:-

To get to there from the city centre you must cross Old Pulteney Bridge:-

Though Bath’s most famous Georgian feature is the Royal Crescent (stitch of two photos):-

I must say that area of grass in front of the Crescent looked rather scruffy and unkempt.

Gable end of The Crescent:-

Bridge over the River Avon at Bradford-on-Avon:-

The peculiarly shaped building to the left was once the town’s lockup, where prisoners were kept overnight (presumably till they sobered up.)

Bridge, reverse view:-

Reflections:-

Rivert Avon:-

Main entrance door and stained glass window:-

Model and floor plan of cathedral:-

Altar and stained glass:-

Stained glass windows:-

High altar:-

Spode Memorial Window:-

The Lichfield Angel, remnant of sculpture:-

On our trip down south last year we had always planned to stop at Lichfield to view the Cathedral. It’s an impressive building, the only mediæval Cathedral in the UK with three spires:-

The West Front (above) is adorned with statues of kings, queens and saints:-

South spire:-

The east spire was shrouded in scaffolding when we were there:-

Mediæval tomb to south side (possibly of a bishop?)-

The Cathedral was badly damaged during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (once called the English Civil War.) After the Restoration of the Crown King Charles II was instrumental in having repairs done. His statue stands in this corner:-

There were also renovations carried out in Victorian times.