Amelia's photos with the keyword: Somerset

Pulteney Bridge is a bridge over the River Avon in Bath, England. It was completed by 1774. it is highly unusual in that it has shops built across its full span on both sides. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The bridge was designed by Robert Adam and named after William Jonestone and Frances Pulteney. They secured the funding from Parliament, so they named the bridge after themselves. Pulteney Weir (or just “the Weir” for short) was built in the late Middle Ages to prevent the river from flooding the town of Bath. It is a low barrier built across a river in order to control water level and regulate flow—was completely rebuilt in the early 1970s and given a more effective and now iconic V-shape design. A sluice and controlled flood gates were also added in the upgrade. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulteney_Bridge

Projected art on a wall in the Roman Bath House.

Part of an archway in the Roman Baths. The lower half of the photo shows that the brickwork was made using hollow bricks, thus conserving materials and reducing weight. Throughout the tour of the baths there were video images projected onto walls. The PiP shows one of the most interesting ones.

This week's Sunday Challenge is: Stillness. The Roman Baths are a well-preserved thermae in the city of Bath in Somerset. A temple was constructed on the site between 60-70AD in the first few decades of Roman Britain. Its presence led to the development of the small Roman urban settlement known as Aquae Sulis around the site. The Roman baths—designed for public bathing—were used until the end of Roman rule in Britain in the 5th Century AD. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the original Roman baths were in ruins a century later. The area around the natural springs was redeveloped several times during the Early and Late Middle Ages. The Roman Baths are preserved in four main features: the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House, and a museum which holds artefacts from Aquae Sulis. However, all buildings at street level date from the 19th century. It is a major tourist attraction in the UK, and together with the Grand Pump Room, receives more than 1.3 million visitors annually. Visitors can tour the baths and museum but cannot enter the water, which is warm and smells of sulphur. The water is sourced from rainfall on the nearby Mendip Hills, which then percolates down through limestone aquifers to a depth of between 2,700 and 4,300 metres (8,900 and 14,100 ft). Geothermal energy raises the water temperature here to between 69 and 96 °C (156.2 and 204.8 °F). Under pressure, the heated water rises along fissures and faults in the limestone, until it bubbles up from the ground into the baths. This process is similar to an enhanced geothermal system, which also makes use of the high pressures and temperatures below the earth's crust. Hot water at a temperature of 46 °C (114.8 °F) rises here at the rate of 1,170,000 litres (257,364 imp gal) every day, from a geological fault.. In 1982 a new spa water bore-hole was sunk, providing a clean and safe supply of spa water for drinking in the Pump Room. We visited the Pump Room for breakfast, but it was not possible to taste the water as the facility was closed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Baths_%28Bath%29 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Spa_Towns_of_Europe

The whole city is a World heritage Site. The video shows The Circus and The Royal Crescent. whc.unesco.org/en/list/428/video en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Spa_Towns_of_Europe

The Lady Chapel of Glastonbury Abbey is one of the finest late 12th-century monuments in Britain. It was built immediately after the disastrous fire which consumed much of the abbey in 1184, and was completed by 1186 or 1187.

Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction. The abbey was founded in the 7th century and enlarged in the 10th. It was destroyed by a major fire in 1184, but subsequently rebuilt and by the 14th century was one of the richest and most powerful monasteries in England. The abbey was suppressed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII of England. The last abbot, Richard Whiting (Whyting), was hanged, drawn and quartered as a traitor on Glastonbury Tor in 1539.

In the early sixteenth century an alderman of the city, Henry Llewellyn, left a legacy to build a further series of almshouses, on a separate site in Priest Row, to the north of St Cuthbert's Church. More accommodation was provided through legacies from Bishop Still and Bishop Willes and in 1637 the Bubwith site was expanded again through a legacy from Walter Brick, a burgess of the city. These almshouse here were built by Walter Brick. We were lucky enough to be shown the lovely communal gardens at the back of these two houses by a lovely gentleman who lived in the house on the right.

The chapel was built between 1424 and 1430 at the north end of the close.

The Bishop's Palace and accompanying Bishops House at Wells in the English county of Somerset, is adjacent to Wells Cathedral and has been the home of the Bishops of the Diocese of Bath and Wells for 800 years. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. In the 14th century, Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury continued the building. He had an uneasy relationship with the citizens of Wells, partly because of his imposition of taxes, and surrounded his palace with crenellated walls, a moat and a drawbridge. IMA News: www.ipernity.com/blog/1058283/4663848

6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) Mary Rand (GBR) Tokyo, Japan 14 October 1964

The north transept with its Medieval clock face.

The Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, commonly known as Wells Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset. The cathedral, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle, is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Unfortunately there were a couple of white vans and workmen with scaffolding at the entrance on the day we visited, hence the curtailed view of the entrance.