Bath
home to the leigh-perrots
Photos: Great Pulteney Street, Bath
In 1811, James Leigh-Perrot and his wife bought this house, giving up the long-term rent on No.1 The Paragon, where they had lived for many years.
Great Pulteney Street was recognised as a place for elite residents and a hub of social activity, visibly placing them amongst the wealthiest residents of Bath. They continued to keep their country residence of Scarlets in Berkshire, for when the summer heat became too unbearable in the city.
When he died in 1817, Mr Leigh-Perrot left both properties in his will to his wife.
extract
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REFERENCES
Austen Leigh, R.A. (1942) Austen Papers 1704-1856. Colchester: Privately printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd. pp.332-333.
Chapman, R.W. & Cox. B.S. (2022) A Map of Bath in the Time of Jane Austen. Bath Municipal Libraries’ Collection: Oxford University Press.
Le Faye, D. (2013) '1811' in A Chronology of Jane Austen and her Family 1600-2000. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p.394.
Townsend, T. (2015) Jane Austen and Bath. Somerset: Halsgrove. p.53.