Montpellier Rotunda

Montpellier Rotunda
The dome from below

Montpellier Rotunda is a Grade I listed building in Montpellier, Gloucestershire.[1] It is currently a Lloyds TSB bank.

In 1809, Henry Thompson constructed a wooden pavilion with a colonnade and by 1817 it was rebuilt in stone as Montpellier Spa became more and more popular. He employed the architect G. A. Underwood, who completed the building with a statue of crouching lion on the parapet.

In 1826 Henry Thompson's son Pearson Thompson asked John Buonarotti Papworth to oversee the project and it was during this period that the dome was erected. The dome is inspired by Rome’s Pantheon.[2]

The Rotunda building


Coordinates: 51°53′44″N 2°4′57″W / 51.89556°N 2.0825°W / 51.89556; -2.0825

References

  1. ^ http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-475319-montpellier-rotunda-lloyds-bank-cheltenh
  2. ^ http://www.cheltenham4u.co.uk/montpellier_rotunda.asp?area=Montpellier%2C+Lansdown
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