Dome

Frontal view of the upper floor and attic; n his last years Wood began to fulfill his long-standing desire to build a grand circular edifice at Bath when he started the terrace that he named the King's Circus (1754-ca. 1766). This, his masterpiece, rests on his theory. By recreating a Druid ring of houses, a subject about which he had written, Wood renewed the supposed glory of pre-Roman Bath. He united this Druid theme with others taken from the classical traditions of palace and theatre architecture, on the grounds that all were forms of the one true architecture revealed by God. It is likely that he meant the Circus as his ultimate exercise in perfect architectural principles Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/25/2008)