Prior Park
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Opened | 1740 |
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Architectural styles | Palladian architecture |
Built for | Ralph Allen |
Designated as world heritage site | June 12, 1950 |
Architects | John Wood, the Elder |
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ID | 1983756 |
About Prior Park
Prior Park is a Palladian house, designed by John Wood, the Elder, and built in the 1730s and 1740s for Ralph Allen on a hill overlooking Bath, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The house was built to demonstrate the properties of Bath stone as a building material.