I find myself getting familiar with the ‘Scott Layer’ – a 1 metre thick layer of rubble under the floor of Bath Abbey which is named after Sir George Gilbert Scott who supervised the last […]
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Abbey’s congregation pews will go.
Bath Abbey has now confirmed that what l discovered on Facebook this morning is correct. Emeritus organist at the Abbey, Â Peter King made the following announcement. Peter told me the decision came through yesterday and […]
Holding court in front of the choir stalls
Who would have thought that l would be sitting in a pew in Bath Abbey watching court proceedings unfold in front of the choir stalls! However, dispell any image you might have of Rumpole of […]
‘Courtroom’ drama begins at Bath Abbey.
Bath Abbey is going to be the unusual setting today – Wednesday, October 4th – for a ‘courtroom’ drama as the ‘battle of the pews’ gets underway. The church is having to remove its Victorian […]
Stand by Bath – for the ‘battle’ of the pews.
Bath Abbey’s plans to permanently remove the 19th-century pews in the church nave – after the floor has been repaired – have not gone down well with The Victorian Society. It’s a London-based organisation that […]
