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View of Pulteney Bridge and the River Avon 
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Street level view with stairs leading down along the river bank 
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Robert Adam's design of the magnificent Pulteney Bridge was commissioned by landowner and developer William Pulteney to allow access to the grazing land of Bathwick across the river, where he planned to build a new suburb. Completed in 1774, the bridge, lined with shops and supported by three elegant arches, was to lead into a unified, neo-classical estate of graceful street and Adamesque façades. However, finances ran dry at the outbreak of war with France. Only a fraction of the scheme was completed, including Great Pulteney Street, a grand parade which forms the spine of Bathwick, and the Sydney Hotel and Pleasure Gardens.
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View of Pulteney Bridge and the River Avon
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Street level view with stairs leading down along the river bank
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