Montpellier Rotunda is a Grade I listed building in Montpellier, Gloucestershire

Montpellier, Gloucestershire

Montpellier is a district of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire , at the end of the Promenade south of the town centre. Originally developed in the 1830s in conjunction with the spas, it is now known for its bars, cafés, restaurants and range of specialist shops...

. 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

Pearson Thompson

Pearson Thompson was an English solicitor and property developer who was responsible for the layout of a great part of Cheltenham, and of the Ladbroke Estate in London. He subsequently emigrated to Australia where he practiced law.Thompson was the son of Henry Thompson and Judith, née Teshmaker...

 asked John Buonarotti Papworth

John Buonarotti Papworth

John Buonarotti Papworth was a prolific architect, artist and a founder member of the Royal Institute of British Architects....

 to oversee the project and it was during this period that the dome was erected. The dome is inspired by Rome’s Pantheon

Pantheon, Rome

The Pantheon ,Rarely Pantheum. This appears in Pliny's Natural History in describing this edifice: Agrippae Pantheum decoravit Diogenes Atheniensis; in columnis templi eius Caryatides probantur inter pauca operum, sicut in fastigio posita signa, sed propter altitudinem loci minus celebrata.from ,...

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