A picturesque and topographical account of Cheltenham and its vicinity : To which are added contributions towards the medical topography, including the medical history of the waters / By John Fosbroke.

  • Thomas Dudley Fosbroke
Date:
1826
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Credit: A picturesque and topographical account of Cheltenham and its vicinity : To which are added contributions towards the medical topography, including the medical history of the waters / By John Fosbroke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    materials employed would be only stucco and painting, the expence would not be prohibi- tory. At present pump-rooms have no cha- racter. They are mere lobbies. The view of the church, at the bottom of the vista, is a felicitous conception, but the Bridge is too insignificant. It has no connection with the scene. It might, at an expence not worth consideration, be constructed of greater width and size in a rustic form, like that at Berkeley, which would harmonize with the scene, and a mount might be thrown up with a small planta- tion of low trees and shrubs on the town side, to intercept the sight of walls, and houses, but not exclude the church. The new Walks have all the same character of malls and promenades, divided by trees,* and finished at top by buildings. They will of course in time become Vistas, for the lower branches must be cut off, or they will impede the passage No w, it will certainly be a novel scene, perhaps a very grand one, to have a contiguity of vistas side by side. According to my knowledge, the experiment has never been made of cutting a fine old wood into arcades ; but upon paper the * I noticed beech among them. “ The union of oak and beech,” says Gilpin, “ produces fine contrasts of *ints.”—Forest Scenery, i. 47.
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