Bathwick Hill
Bathwick Hill in Bath, Somerset, England is a street lined with historic houses, many of which are designated as listed buildings. It climbs south east from the A36 towards the University of Bath on Claverton Down, providing views over the city.
| Bathwick Hill | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bath, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 51°22′46″N 2°20′34″W |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Number 10 |
| Designated | 12 June 1950 |
| Reference no. | 1394193 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Canal bridge |
| Designated | 5 August 1975 |
| Reference no. | 444245 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Railway Tunnel |
| Designated | 5 August 1975 |
| Reference no. | 444215 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Number 1 |
| Designated | 11 August 1972 |
| Reference no. | 442231 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Numbers 11 to 13 |
| Designated | 11 August 1972 |
| Reference no. | 442320 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Number 14 |
| Designated | 11 August 1972 |
| Reference no. | 442321 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | The Wite Lodge (No 15) |
| Designated | 11 August 1972 |
| Reference no. | 442322 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Number 17 |
| Designated | 11 August 1972 |
| Reference no. | 442323 |
Location of Bathwick Hill in Somerset | |
To the north is Sham Castle, a folly built in 1762 by Richard James, master mason for Ralph Allen, "to improve the prospect" from Allen's town house in Bath. It is a screen wall with a central pointed arch flanked by two 3-storey circular turrets, which extend sideways to a 2-storey square tower at each end of the wall. It is illuminated at night.
As the hill rises away from the city centre it passes over a tunnel, built in 1840, on the Great Western Railway close to Bath Spa railway station and the Kennet and Avon Canal at Bath Locks via an elliptical arch bridge.