5 star opening for Gainsborough Hotel.

Richard Wyatt

The Mayor of Bath Cllr William Sandry had a five-star dinner to look forward to this week – with the official opening of the luxury Gainsborough Bath Spa Hotel in Beau Street.

The flags are up above the Beau Street entrance to the new Gainsborough Bath Spa Hotel. Click on images to enlarge.
The flags are up above the Beau Street entrance to the new Gainsborough Bath Spa Hotel. Click on images to enlarge.

It’s owned by YTL a Malaysian-based group who have a whole collection of luxury ‘spa resorts’ around the world.

They also manage Bath’s Thermae Spa and own Wessex Water.

This new five-star hotel offers its own supply of natural thermal water and has a display of some of the silver coins that made up the Beau Street Hoard.

It’s the fifth largest hoard ever found in Britain and the largest ever discovered in a British Roman town.

The first handful from the hoard which is now known to contain 17,500 coins.
The first handful from the hoard which is now known to contain 17,500 coins.

They were discovered on the site of the hotel’s new pool.

The 17,577 coins span the period from 32BC to 274AD and were found in eight separate money bags which were fused together.

The hoard now belongs to Bath and many coins are on display at the Roman Baths Museum.

Published by Richard Wyatt

Freelance Journalist, broadcaster, columnist and local historian. Director of Bath Newseum. Married and lives in Bath. Interested in local history, architecture and visual display in museums and urban spaces.

2 Comments

  1. Hello Richard,

    Are you invited to the posh dinner ?

    See if you can get a list of the “A-Listers” who are there… networking for Britain (or rather for themselves)…. !

    Regards,

    John Parris

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