Milsom Street

Milsom Street in <a href="/facts/Bath,_Somerset/mHppKuoG">Bath</a>, <a href="/facts/Somerset/gjVyBFVX">Somerset</a>, England, was built in 1762 by Thomas Lightholder. The buildings were originally grand <a href="/facts/Townhouse/c4PXgQky">townhouses</a>, but most are now used as shops, offices and banks. Most have three storeys with <a href="/facts/Mansard_roof/4yrGrk3T">mansard roofs</a> and <a href="/facts/Corinthian_order/2zCzPuH4">Corinthian</a> columns.
Numbers 2 to 22 are Grade II <a href="/facts/Listed_building/PPx6CnfU">listed</a>. The bank at number 24 was built by <a href="/facts/James_Wilson_(architect)/RRbwTdCH">Wilson</a> and Willcox and includes baroque detail not seen on the other buildings. Numbers 25 to 36 continue the architectural theme from numbers 2 to 22.
Numbers 37 to 42, which are known as Somersetshire Buildings, have been designated as Grade II* listed buildings.
The <a href="/facts/Octagon_Chapel,_Bath/n1m8ba9o">Octagon Chapel</a> was a place of worship, then a furniture shop by <a href="/facts/Mallett_Antiques/2nsGhlsM">Mallett Antiques</a>. It opened briefly as a restaurant, which has subsequently closed. It is accessed beside number 46.
As a fashionable <a href="/facts/Georgian_architecture/XS4mqhsc">Georgian</a> thoroughfare, Milsom Street is quoted in several of the works of <a href="/facts/Jane_Austen/MUV6Dh33">Jane Austen</a>, including <a href="/facts/Northanger_Abbey/JoRhbsNc">Northanger Abbey</a> and <a href="/facts/Persuasion_(novel)/H5HKN0sC">Persuasion</a>.
In the 2010, <a href="/facts/Google_Street_View/Ruqzal5A">Google Street View</a>'s Best Streets Awards, Milsom Street was voted "Britain's Best Fashion Street" by the 11,000 participants.

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Milsom Street