Of Bath’s three naturally-heated thermal springs, the largest rises in the King’s Bath – part of the Roman Bath’s tour and the only place where you can see the waters bubbling up to the surface […]
Tag: Bath Stone
Set in stone.
Almost a year ago l paid my first-ever visit to the Ralph Allen Cornerstone Interpretation Centre – the place that tells the story of the Combe Down stone quarries which basically supplied the material to […]
Two-way traffic’s back on Cleveland Bridge.
The temporary traffic lights – which caused rush-hour holdups on Cleveland Bridge – are now gone. Work on the damaged toll house will continue for a week or so. I was told when the lights would […]
Bath’s ‘Stone Age’ attraction.
We get something like four and a half million visitors a year in Bath but how many of them will see anything other than Roman remains and Georgian terraces and crescents. There has been a […]
Names on a Bath stone wall.
This is the sad and neglected Georgian building in Broad Street that was – for over two hundred years – a bustling school. It was built in 1754 to house King Edward’s School and in […]
Making your mark
It was an insignificant example of 18th century graffiti that first got me interested in studying Bath stone in slightly greater detail. Walk to the blind end of North Parade Buildings – formerly Gallaway’s Buildings […]
‘B.C.’ was here!
The Virtual Museum bicycle had been dropped off at Take Charge Bikes on Bathwick Hill for essential brake repairs – leaving your Director free to wander for an hour with a camera. As one who […]
