A selection of old photos of Widcombe and Bathwick, donated by a lovely ex Bathwick Hill resident to add to our extensive collection! The first pair of photos are taken from the Kennet & Avon canal, looking in both directions from below Sydney Buildings. The second pair are taken from the top of Beechen Cliff… Read More
Plans were announced last week for a proposed £5 million observation tower project called AquEye in Bath and have already stirred up a storm of comments in Twitter and on local letters pages. Located on the sluice gate island next to Pulteney Weir, 25 visitors per trip would be swung up from the Parade Gardens… Read More
I make no secret of my passion for local history and thoroughly enjoy poking around the library or searching the web to see what I can learn. I’m also an avid collector of old photographs, postcards and maps of Bath, which always brings complaints from the kids when I drag them yet again to a… Read More
By way of introduction, on the 31st May 2012 BANES issued a notice of intention to implement an Article 4 direction. This meant changing the use of a property from C3 (residential) to C4 (HMO) from the 1st July 2013 required planning permission. A House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) is defined by the Housing Act 2004 as: A house… Read More
Camden Crescent and Lansdown from Tyning End, Widcombe Central Bath from Abbey View Gardens Royal Crescent and Lansdown from Bloomfield Road Bath City Farm on Kelston View The Recreation Ground, looking up Johnstone St to St Stephens Church on Lansdown
Taken from Smallcombe Fields off Bathwick Hill, looking over Sydney Buildings and Widcombe to the rear of Alice Park/Bear Flat Bath city centre, with the triumvirate of the Abbey, St John’s Church on South Parade and the Empire
On completion of the Kennet and Avon Canal in 1810, the Dolemeads was reduced to a wedge of land between the canal and the river and extending northwards from the two canal basins of the first two locks of the Widcombe flight. From the numerous reports of the flooding in the southern part of… Read More
These pictures and many more are posted in an album on our Facebook page. Although not strictly directly useful for estate agency in Bath, we find our clients appreciate us going the extra mile to show purchasers the environment around the properties we have for sale. We’ve also been pleasantly surprised at the number of members… Read More
Ralph Allen’s house at Prior Park was built on land acquired by Allen, in 1728, which formerly belonged to the Prior of Bath. The house, designed by John Wood, was ready for occupation by 1741 ( a year before Ralph Allen became Mayor of Bath) and the landscaped gardens (designed by the poet Alexander Pope and… Read More
