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William Herschel Museum: 1764
19 New King Street, Bath, England(Single Doorway Bookend)
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It was from this house, using a telescope of his own design that William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus in 1781.
Number 19 New King Street forms part of a terrace and is by Bath standards a modest town-house.
It was built around 1764 and probably designed by one of the city's less celebrated architects Strachan, and follows a fairly standard layout over five floors.
200 years after the historic discovery of Uranus, the house was restored and inaugurated as a museum. It was restored again in 2000 and today is a Grade II listed building.
Click here to see details of the doorway
Click here to see details of the plaque
Click here to see details of the boot scraper
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