At 5 am on Sunday morning, April 26th, 1942, 31 men, women and children were huddled together in a public air raid shelter at Roseberry Road in Twerton. Above them enemy bombers were laying waste […]
Tag: King Edward’s School
Wera’s stand against luxury flats at the Min.
There’s a rumour circulating that the historic Mineral Water Hospital Building in Upper Borough Walls has been ‘sold-on’ by its original purchaser. It was initially bought – in September 2017 – by Winchester-based property developer […]
Trust calls for action to determine historic building’s future.
A call for action in determining the future of the old King Edward’s Junior School building in Bath’s Broad Street has been made by Bath Preservation Trust. It follows a recent attack by vandals on […]
Old KES Junior School now secured!
Good to know they’ve sent someone in to secure this historic building once more – but it was a shame to have been once again writing about another architectural piece of Bath’s heritage under threat. […]
Wall of names finally reveals its story
The mystery of the names – inscribed on the side wall of the old and derelict school building in Bath’s Broad Street – has finally been solved. It was built in 1754 to house King […]
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 […]
Rusty look preferred.
Week-end wanderings took me down to Green Park station where it’s good to see a development site nearing completion. For me though, l do hope the decorative copper strips are designed to oxidise. I would […]
‘Place’ mates!
‘There’s a place for us, Somewhere a place for us,’ sings Tony to Maria in the movie version of West Side Story and l am sure – if you stop and think about it – […]
Raise a roar for Birnbeck!
The Victorian Society has just published a list of the top ten Victorian and Edwardian buildings ‘At Risk’ in this country and – surprise, surprise – Weston-super-Mare’s Birnbeck Island is number one! As a local […]
A wife of Bath’s creative gift!
We’ve all been there. Sleepless nights deciding what extra-special present we can give our partner as a big anniversary surprise. Well for Clare Pell – taking out a gallery space booking for her artist-teacher husband […]
