It might just be a building housing the city laundry, but that didn’t prevent the craftsmen who erected this 19th century utility in York Street from decking it out with some of the best ornamentation […]
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Circus coach ban at last!
After years and years of campaigning the residents of Bath’s iconic Circus have finally got their coach ban – albeit an experimental one. From next Thursday, May 2nd, B&NES will introduce an order prohibiting buses […]
Get the facts right.
Seems one of the things being discussed at some local election public meetings has not gone down well with the city’s heritage ‘watchdogs’ – Bath Preservation Trust. In a statement released today – the Trust’s […]
Pastor Kenny joins Parkside campaign.
Two neighbouring Bath establishments have joined forces in an effort to save the nearby Parkside Children’s Centre from demolition. B&NES wants to knock it down to make room for additional vehicles on the Charlotte Street […]
Focus on Georgian ‘selfies.’
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 […]
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 […]
Plaques to honour Stothert and Pitt
One of Bath’s biggest industrial names of the recent past looks likely to be properly acknowledged in the near future. The city’s ‘heritage champion’ Bryan Chalker tells me: ” A further two families have pledged […]
Ladies of Bath
A tour of many of Bath’s architectural and historical hi-lights with absolutely no charge. That has always been the mission statement of the Mayor of Bath’s Honorary Guides. A group of trained volunteers who love […]
The people’s park.
A 21st century pleasure garden for all the community. That’s what Keith Rowe – Project Manager for the Sydney Gardens restoration and improvement scheme – promised today in an interview with Bath Newseum. The project […]
Sunshine, and a blue sky lift.
Found myself pedalling hard up Widcombe Hill this morning on my way to meet a local historian called Alistair at the historic Church of St Thomas a Becket alongside the wonderful Georgian Widcombe Manor. Squeaking […]
