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Summer Diary
Bath Preservation Trust has just supplied the Virtual Museum with its Summer diary running through to August. This covers events at No 1 Royal Crescent, the Building of Bath Collection and the Herschel...
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Open house at No 1
No 1 Royal Crescent is on the right of this image. They chose the day with the shortest night to hold one of the most long-awaited re-openings. Yes – No 1 Royal Crescent welcomed back the public after...
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Royal Crescent stars in tv drama
The Royal Crescent took centre stage today The crew at The Royal Crescent filming Carolina Vera, who plays the part of Elizabeth Lancaster in Unknown Heart. when the famous landmark was filmed for a...
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‘Raiding’ the Green Belt.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of ‘The Sack of Bath‘ – a fierce and angry polemic – written by Times journalist Adam Ferguson and following on from an article he had written...
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A touch of glass.
It certainly says ‘Stothert’ Popped into the Guildhall yesterday to check out the fireplaces in the banqueting room. Dan Brown of www.bathintime.co.uk suggested l take a look after l had commented upon...
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Georgian pleasures evening.
Web Version | Update preferences | Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward An Evening of Georgian Pleasures Friday 13 September, 7pm - The Holburne Museum Gardens Step back in time for a very special...
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Little ‘lost’ Lido
I want to write in support of a remarkable survivor – a Georgian gem in our midst that isn’t as obvious or impressive as a King’s Circus or Royal Crescent – but in some respects is even more important....
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Oh Mr Darcy!
It’s Jane Austen Festival time and amongst events today – the Grand Regency Costumed Promenade with several hundred fans walking through Bath from the Royal Crescent lawn to the Parade Gardens Lots of...
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Pavement puzzle.
‘B.C’ in Great Pulteney Street Just days ago l was asking if anyone could solve the mystery of the initials ‘B.C’ carved into the front of number 48 Great Pulteney Street and also spotted on terrace...
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Statue moves!
Looks like the double-life-sized torso of Olympic swimmer Mark Foster – which stands at the entrance to the SouthGate Shopping Centre – could shortly be on the move. However, the artist who sculpted...
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When cabbages flourished in the Royal Crescent
English Heritage is publishing a book of aerial photographs of Britain in the 20th century which shows the changing social, industrial and architectural face of this nation over the years. The...
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National award for No 1 Royal Crescent
Bath Preservation Trust’s “Georgian House” at Number 1 Royal Crescent. Congratulations to the Bath Preservation Trust for landing a ‘Highly Commended’ award at the annual Museums and Heritage Awards...
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Spray cans and stencils
The image carried in the Tweet which included the Virtual Museum. The Virtual Museum of Bath was recently included in a ‘tweet’ on Twitter - that appeared to be a response to criticism – on this site...
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Playing the fool.
The re-displayed head of Minerva There is no doubt about it – Bath makes money out of its heritage. It can boast some of the best Roman remains in the country and is also home to the Uk’s only hot...
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No 1 needs volunteers!
It’s a pleasure to reproduce an email received from Anna White at No 1 Royal Crescent. ‘Dear Virtual Museum, we’d be very grateful if you could find place for this on your site / social networking No....
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Spit roast doggie
The dog wheel at No 1 Royal Crescent Have to say l was fascinated by the wooden wheel mounted on the wall of the kitchen at No 1 Royal Crescent when l paid a recent visit. It is the headquarters of...
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Pavement postings hit Bath
Stencils going around the Crescent paving I am not impressed by promotional street stencils and have often made a point of bringing you photographs of Bath pavements defaced – not by vandals – but by...
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Get ‘sett’ go!
While B&NES has applied for planning permission to re-lay and repair the stone ‘setts’ outside the Number 1 end of Royal Crescent – they are already busy tidying up part of Queen Street in the city...
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TripAdvisor award for BPT museums
No. 1 Royal Crescent, The Museum of Bath Architecture and The Herschel Museum of Astronomy have each been awarded a 2016 TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence. Now in its sixth year, the achievement...
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Bath’s 2017 is going to be Crescent shaped.
On May 19th, 1767 the foundation stone was laid for the construction of what many would now consider to be Bath’s most iconic Georgian building. So 2017 has a 250th anniversary to celebrate and –...
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