Laura Place, Bath

Laura Place in Bathwick, Bath, Somerset, England, consists of four blocks of houses around an irregular quadrangle at the end of Pulteney Bridge.

The fountain at the center of the quadrangle was not part of the original plan; it was added in the late 19th century.

[2] After completion of the main street in 1877 local residents petitioned and successfully raised significant funds to build a grand column (rather like Nelson's Column in London).

However, as construction of the column started, the residents realised that the addition would tower over the area (it would be 50% taller than the houses), and so they then petitioned for it to be cancelled.

It consists of a circular stone basin with four radial projections surmounted by an urn with gadrooned bowl.

Fountain in Laura Place, Bath