Well, l have finally had my official answer from B&NES regarding the sorry state of the stone balustrade alongside Pulteney Bridge – and regarding the crack in the stone facade to one side of this […]
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It’s a ‘no’ to a Pulteney Bridge interview
Followers of Bath Newseum will know l am a little shocked at the state of the stone balustrade facing Pulteney Bridge which is – itself – exhibiting a widening crack in its stonework. Bearing […]
Bridge work
The Bath Newseum story about the weed-infested stone balustrade beside Pulteney Bridge prompted an email from a follower in the United States called Victoria Gall. She writes: I’m from Boston, MA and fell in love […]
Not a pretty picture.
As far as ‘photo opportunities’ go, Grand Parade is THE spot for tourists to stop and take a ‘selfie’ with the iconic – Robert Adam designed – Pulteney Bridge behind them. While some may linger […]
Be gone!
Two things in Bath l am hoping to see the back of very soon as we march into 2018. One of them is the skip that has been parked on the Laura Place approach to […]
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Sunshine and blue skies over Bath this morning as l chanced upon a few signs that – despite the warm weather – the mid-winter festival of Christmas will soon be upon us. The tree has […]
Colonnades plan fails.
A proposal to open up the Colonnades underneath Grand Parade for commercial use has been greeted with a no vote from councillors when the matter was considered by the planning committee this week. This long-neglected and valuable site beside Pulteney […]
Blowing in the wind?
I am hoping Virtual Museum followers right be able to help me with this one. Someone asked me if l knew whose initials were intertwined at one end of the pointer at the top of […]
Paving the way!
It’s good to report a positive development that has really tided up a ‘work in progress’ beside Pulteney Bridge. The area that caught my eye recently is the passageway that leads up and past the […]
A Hussar and a park called Henrietta.
Pulteney Bridge – one of Bath’s most iconic architectural set-pieces – was apparently designed to lead to even greater glories. Its construction across the River Avon opened up the Bathwick estate for the building of […]
