Bath’s premier period house – No 1 Royal Crescent – is currently showing its visitors that the whole social media thing is nothing new. While we – in this age of Instagram – are […]
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Tag: Georgian
Taking steps to secure a Walcot architectural wonder.
There’s one little piece of Bath’s Georgian heritage that literally leaves me breathless. It’s the passageway known as Walcot Steps – a pedestrian stone staircase that links the city’s artisan quarter with the 18th century […]
New ‘hangings’ at No 1
A private collector has generously loaned two large portraits to No. 1 Royal Crescent. They are of Peter and Amy Burrell, who married in 1723, by Allan Ramsay (1713–1784). With no known connection to Bath […]
Bath’s Titanic survivor makes her mark.
Once a ‘Heritage Champion’ always a heritage champion it seems – even though ex councillor and mayor Bryan Chalker no longer holds the B&NES title. But in this case he’s happy to leave the welfare […]
History – in the round.
There have been many artists – over the years – who have been inspired by ‘The Circus’ here in Bath. John Wood the Elder’s Georgian urban masterpiece and the country’s first giant roundabout. However, it […]
It’s lift-off for the lido!
It just gets better and better. Hot on the heels of news that Bath’s Sydney Gardens has secured HLF funding, comes another rescue announcement. The Cleveland Pools Trust has also secured a multi-million pound National […]
Make it more of a People’s Museum?
It’s great that Bath has hot springs, Roman remains and Georgian architecture to bolster its prestige and provide a tourist income but – as our visitors flock into this World Heritage city to admire our […]
Holburne returns to charging.
Bath’s Holburne Museum has decided to re-introduce admission charges to all its galleries to help balance the books. You’ll be paying from early next month but there are some concessions and free periods. The new […]
On Parade.
Parks Department gardeners were hard at work again today getting plantings in Parade Gardens ready for this weekend’s big Bath Spring Fayre. True to their word a new border has been installed around the sunny […]
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 […]
