The Granary was originally part of Shaftesbury Abbey’s grange at Barton Farm. The medieval building has a fine open timber roof. Nearby are former cow...

Mr Salvat has recreated the atmosphere of early coffee-houses. A waiter in knee-breeches jots down your order with a quill pen as you sit in...

Here’s a pleasant spot to watch the river flow by. You would scarcely credit that the horror of bull baiting once took place in this...

The only timber-framed houses in this stone-built town are in the Shambles. They date from Tudor times. The Shambles was once a market place...

You might say this is a church built on cloth. The present church was begun in the Norman period. But it was almost completely remodelled...

Sir Thomas Hungerford was the speaker of the House of Commons and began this beautiful property in 1370. It has since that time developed...

This museum was founded in 1965 in memory of John Judkyn, a prominent figure in work to bring closer together the people of Britain and...

The American Museum in Britain shows, largely in a series of Period Rooms, the development of American Decorative arts from its European roots to purely...

This attractive 18th Century landscaped gardens are located within easy reach of the centre of Bath. ‘Capability’ Brown and the poet Alexander pope were...

Founded in 1824, this institution is one of the oldest and best respected in the city. The ethos behind the movement was to forward...

The green is secretly Stuart. 17th-century houses built on the former courtyard of Bath Priory were later given a Georgian facelift. Here the greenery has...

Here we glimpse pre-Georgian Bath. A row of timber-framed houses was built in the 1620s along the edge of the former priory orchard. You would...

The Circus was John Wood the elder’s masterpiece. It was a design of startling originality. Drawing his inspiration from antique models as far apart as...

Although the BRSLI did not move to Queen Square until 1932, the institution was founded over a century earlier. Its collection reflects the Victorian spirit...

Gravel Walk was the route for sedan chairs between the town centre and the spreading developments of the two John Woods. It was a mistake...

Victoria Park was created out of the old town common when Victoria was still a princess. Opened in 1830, it was in the vanguard of...

Royalty has routinely come to Bath. But Bath has only to honour one with a monument for him to descend into obscurity. The Queen Square...

Here bubbles up one of Bath’s smaller hot springs. By about 1700 the Cross Bath was ’the bathing place of pleasure’. More private than the...

Like the nearby Cross Bath, this is an elegant Georgian miniature. John Wood the younger, architect of the grand Royal Crescent, focused here on a...

Even quite late in the 18th century, Stall Street was still crammed with shops and lodging houses which hid the spa buildings from passers-by. Sedan...

This gabled front conjures up something of pre-Georgian Bath. According to the credible date carved on it, The Saracen’s Head was built in 1713 -...

Heavy goods travelled by carrier in the 18th century. Carriers John and Walter Wiltshire had a wagon-yard here, now converted into a charming collection of...

Bath’s one remaining city gate is not easy to spot, unless you know exactly where to look. Go down Boat Stall Lane from Grand Parade...

Bath in summer is a city of flowers. Time and again it has won the coveted Britain in Bloom trophy. Here the Parks Department shows...

Pulteney Bridge is a rarity. It is one of only four in the world lined by shops on both sides. It was built for William...

When Bath Archaeological Trust had offices in a house at the Circus, the archaeologists investigated its garden. By an extraordinary chance the Georgian garden plan...

Queen Square was the first speculative development by Bath’s famed architect John Wood the elder. The palatial north façade was designed to give grandeur to...

Bath is blessed with bursts of greenery almost round every corner. Georgian developments draped themselves over the green hills and meadows around the old city...

Bath’s sole surviving Elizabethan mansion has a fascinating history. For centuries the Master of St John’s Hospital had a house here. It was rebuilt along...

This cinema was the brain-child of actress Consuelo de Reyes. Having already created a community arts centre nearby, she wanted a small theatre which could...

This building makes its presence felt. A vista down the dramatic length of Great Pulteney Street ends in its imposing façade. It was built in...

Hidden away beneath the abbey, these vaults make up one of the most interesting collections in the city. There are great deals of artefacts...

Behold how it is good and pleasing. This is the exhortation in Latin across the doors of Bath Abbey. Millions come to do just that....

This was the first hospital in Bath with regular medical staff. It was founded around 1608 for poor sick people coming to Bath for the...

St. Catherine was the patron saint of Bath in the days when it was a clothmaking town. She was seen as a protectress of spinners....

The Pump Room was the pulsing centre of the spa in its Georgian heyday. The glittering social life of the country’s premier resort revolved around...

This is the heart of Bath. The hot springs gave Bath its name and its purpose. Baths were essential to the Roman way of life....

The Record Office is an institution in the city and provides a massive collection of historical records that relate to the history and the development...

This gallery has developed a good name over the years and is somewhere that is worth visiting if you are interested in seeing some of...

St. John’s has been caring for the city’s needy since the 12th century. Bishop Reginald Fitzjocelyn founded the hospital for the poor of Bath, which...