Park Gardens, Bath, BA1

Enter Park Gardens and you step onto a street that feels more like a private garden than a road. Elegant homes sit behind blossoming magnolias and ageing oaks, secluded and serene, known only to a few. The short walk to the Royal United Hospital has made it a popular choice with consultants and other professionals, but it's Park Gardens' quiet charm that appeals to everyone else seeking a more relaxed and peaceful way of life.

Within this exquisite setting, Parkfield stands as a testament to mid-Victorian elegance. Designed in the 1860s by celebrated Bath architect James Wilson and later converted into just a handful of private homes, the villa retains its Italianate façade, a graceful belvedere tower and some of the finest Bath stone detailing. To own one of its four apartments is to be entrusted with a small piece of Bath’s history.

You arrive to the soft crunch of gravel underfoot, greeted by an elegant structure of towering proportions and classical symmetry. Inside, a grand foyer and a sweeping spiral staircase set the tone for the opulence within.
The upper-ground-floor apartment enjoys one of the best positions in the house: high enough to give you elevated views, yet perfectly accessible from ground level. As you move from room to room, towering sash windows rise from floor to ceiling, flooding each space with shifting daylight and framing the garden vistas like masterful paintings. Morning coffee at the kitchen table as the sun filters through the trees; long, unhurried suppers in the grand reception room; reading or working in the orangery with its soft afternoon light - every part of this home invites you to slow down and savour it.

Two elegant double bedrooms provide calm spaces for relaxation. Space, light and symmetry are everywhere. The principal bedroom suite is a serene retreat of generous proportions. A graceful three-sided bay window projects into the gardens, filling the room with soft morning light and painting the leafy views like living art. High ceilings, decorative cornices, built in wadrobes and space for a full seating area give it the feel of a private sanctuary, while the adjoining en-suite bathroom completes the sense of comfort and seclusion.

Just off the corridor, the second bedroom is a distinct haven, light filtering gently from the adjoining orangery and two tall windows placed in perfect symmetry on either side of the bed invite the leafy garden views and add a sense of balance. Its comfortable proportions make it as well suited to a guest suite as to a library or studio.

Step outside into the landscaped communal gardens. In summer, spread a blanket for a picnic on the lawn or gather friends in one of the many sheltered garden corners. Parking is abundant and convenient. Beyond the gates, city life awaits: restaurants, boutiques and green spaces within easy reach alongside a choice of excellent primary and secondary schools nearby. When you crave a longer country walk, Primrose Hill’s Community Woodlands are the perfect destination nearby.

This is not simply an apartment; it is an invitation to live differently - in light, space and privacy, among like-minded neighbours, in one of Bath’s architectural treasures.