Bathwick Estate Residents Association (BERA)
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    • VE Day Celebrations 2025
    • Coronation Street Party 2023
  • EMERGENCY INFO
  • Businesses based on the Bathwick Estate
  • List of contractors recommended by residents
  • Local Services
    • Local Bands for Hire
    • Local Bus Service
    • Local Exercise Classes
  • Bathwick Estate Projects
    • Clean and Green Day 2024
    • Clean and Green Day 2023
    • Crime Prevention (Neighbourhood Watch)
    • Street Trees
    • Swifts
    • The River Avon
  • Beavers
  • Council Links & Communications
    • Climate and Nature Survey
  • History of the Bathwick Estate
    • Beckford Gardens
    • Cleveland Row and Hampton Row
    • Forester Road
    • Powlett Road
    • Rockliffe Road
  • Contact form

Bathwick Villa (10-15 Forester Road)


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Bathwick Villa c1890 by George Hobson
Bathwick Villa was a substantial Gothic-style house built in 1777 for Alderman James Ferry situated roughly where numbers 10-15 Forester Road stand today.  The house and gardens were laid out as a place for public entertainment and refreshment.  Business declined in the early 1790's due mainly to competition from other resorts and transport difficulties as a result of Georgian development in Bathwick.  By 1799 the future of Bathwick Villa was uncertain and the 19th century saw a steady decline in its fortunes, resulting in its demolition in 1897 to make way for the Bathwick Estate.


​Curious ornaments thought to have come from Bathwick Villa

This ornamental archway, on Bathwick Street, was the entrance to the Bathwick Villa pleasure garden.

19 - 28 Forester Road circa 1935

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  • Welcome
  • BERA Information
    • Bathwick Estate Membership and Whatsapp
    • BERA Committee, Meetings & Minutes
    • Our Community focused AGM
  • Bathwick Estate Celebrations
    • VE Day Celebrations 2025
    • Coronation Street Party 2023
  • EMERGENCY INFO
  • Businesses based on the Bathwick Estate
  • List of contractors recommended by residents
  • Local Services
    • Local Bands for Hire
    • Local Bus Service
    • Local Exercise Classes
  • Bathwick Estate Projects
    • Clean and Green Day 2024
    • Clean and Green Day 2023
    • Crime Prevention (Neighbourhood Watch)
    • Street Trees
    • Swifts
    • The River Avon
  • Beavers
  • Council Links & Communications
    • Climate and Nature Survey
  • History of the Bathwick Estate
    • Beckford Gardens
    • Cleveland Row and Hampton Row
    • Forester Road
    • Powlett Road
    • Rockliffe Road
  • Contact form
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