Beckford Tower

William Beckford (1760 - 1844), the richest man of England at its time, commanded to construct a tower where to continue cultivating his taste for architecture, art collections and the scenic gardening. Of a noticeable Italian style, the tower is crowned by a Greek design lighthouse. The interiors are an attempt to construct an unique and private world of exquisite Eastern carpets, ceilings of oak inlaid with purple, scarlet and gold, curtains of Damascus and objects designed by himself as the Eastern porcelain with elaborated and precious metal moldings.

At the present time, the visitors can wander through the beautiful spiral stairs that takes to the terrace from where they will be able to admire the landscape that surrounds the city, or to visit the architectonic, paintings, models, objects of art and furniture collections that illustrate the life and times of William Beckford.

Beckford's Tower,
Lansdown Road,
Bath

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