This stunning two-bedroom lateral period apartment, with no onward chain, lies in this historic building in Bath. It’s ideally located at the eastern end of Great Pulteney Street and adjacent to Sydney Gardens and the Holburne Museum to the north and St Mary the Virgin church, Bathwick to the south and is a short walk to Bath Spa station. The second-floor apartment has been sympathetically refurbished and great care has been taken to retain and enhance the original period features while providing a luxurious total development of the excellent space.
The proportions and light are fantastic and the space is flexible. There are beautifully restored original timber floors throughout, sash windows with shutters. Queen Charlotte, consort to George III, lived in 93 Sydney Place in 1817 when in Bath to “take the waters” and is believed to have used the second floor as a bedroom suite during her stay.
Designed and built by prominent architect John Pinch The Elder, Sydney Place is Grade I listed and was considered the “centre of fashionable life” in Bath. The apartment is accessed by a beautiful and ornate sweeping staircase in the communal hallway. Imposing double doors lead into the apartment’s entrance hall, formerly a receiving room, with tall ceilings and ornate cornices.
This room could have many uses, a reception space or a wonderful library as the vendors envisaged it. To the front of the property is a magnificent drawing room or potential bedroom with double sash w.