Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom

Queen Square

Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom

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Queen Square in Bath is a Georgian square of townhouses designed by John Wood the Elder in the early eighteenth century, forming the first of the city's most significant architectural sequences alongside the Circus and the Royal Crescent. Wood employed Palladian principles in designing the façades, then leased plots to individual builders to complete construction. The square's central obelisk, erected by Beau Nash in 1738, commemorates Frederick, Prince of Wales. During the Bath Blitz of World War II, bombing damaged several buildings on the south side; subsequent restoration has converted many structures into offices, including the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution on the west side and the Francis Hotel to the south. All buildings comprising the square hold Grade I listed status.