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Sydney Gardens (originally known as Bath Vauxhall Gardens〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/bath-flight/sydney-gardens )〕) is a public open space at the end of Great Pulteney Street in Bath, Somerset, England. The gardens are the only remaining eighteenth-century pleasure gardens (or Vauxhall) in the country.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://austenonly.com/2009/11/26/jane-austen-and-bath-the-sydney-gardens/ )〕 The gardens were laid out in the 1790s as a commercial pleasure garden with a variety of attractions. The layout has been affected by the construction of the Great Western Railway and Kennet and Avon Canal which pass through the park, and later fell into decline. In 1908 the site was bought by the local council and reopened as a park. The Sydney Hotel, which was built with the gardens, was the centre for entertainment. It is now the Holburne Museum of Art. Other structures including the walls and bridges connected with the canal and railway are listed buildings along with small buildings now known as the pavilion and Minerva's temple and the public conveniences. ==History== The gardens were constructed in the 1790s opening in 1795 as a commercial pleasure grounds, following the development of Bathwick by Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet across the River Avon from the city centre. The original plans were by Thomas Baldwin and completed by Charles Harcourt Masters who included a maze or labyrinth, grotto, sham castle and an artificial rural scene with moving figures powered by a clockwork mechanism. The gardens were illuminated by over 15,000 "variegated lamps". Around 1810 the Kennet and Avon Canal was built through the gardens and then in 1840 the route of the Great Western Railway also cut through the area. In the 1860s a gymnasium and bandstand were constructed and courts laid for tennis, archery and croquet. In 1891 the original 99-year lease of Sydney Gardens expired and it was sold. The site was bought by Bath City Council in 1908 and reopened to the public in 1913.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/3205/history )〕 In 2015 a £250,000 project to improve the environment of the park and public access was announced.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/services/sport-leisure-and-parks/parks-opening-times-and-locations/sydney-gardens )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sydney Gardens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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