North Parade in Bath, Somerset, England is a historic terrace built around 1741 by John Wood, the Elder.
Wood designed the facade, of Bath stone, after which a variety of builders completed the work with different interiors and rear elevations.
[6] The three-storey house at Number 1 was the home of John Palmer, who owned the Theatre Royal, Bath and instigator of the British system of mail coaches that was the beginning of the great British post office reforms with the introduction of an efficient mail coach delivery service in Great Britain during the late 18th century.
This was rebuilt in 1936, being refaced in stone over a new reinforced concrete superstructure which replaced the two outside ribs of the original eight cast-iron arches.
[5][7] The entrance to the council-run Sports and Leisure Centre on the Recreation Ground is to the east of the bridge.