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Sawclose Casino Development

Clarification of Trust position following quote in the Bath Chronicle's coverage of the impending determination of the Saw Close casino development planning application. The article on 5th Feb reported that “The Trust is Read More...

Gibbs Mews Appeal Success

A small housing development off Walcot Street at Gibbs Mews has been the subject of considerable ongoing community agitation and controversy. During and after construction it became apparent that the developers had no intention of Read More...

Rec Consultation

The Trust has issued an ‘open letter’ following the presentation by Bath Rugby of their proposals for the Rec. In summary, while Bath Preservation Trust supports the intention of Bath Rugby to substantially improve their Read More...

Bath’s Green Belt

Bath's green belt (and areas of the AONB) are under threat from major housing development in the Council’s new draft of the Core Strategy which will come under scrutiny from a Planning Inspector this autumn. Bath Preservation Read More...

Download the No. 1 app

No. 1 Royal Crescent has a new app that is free to download. For more info click here Read More...

The Sack of Bath 40 years on

Adam Fergusson’s renowned 1973 book The Sack of Bath managed to halt the headlong destruction of those times, and saved some much-loved corners of the city, such as Walcot St, from the bulldozers. Adam Fergusson Read More...

Support No.1′s Restoration

Please consider joining the No.1 Fan Club or making a one-off donation. With the final £500,000 of our £5million project still to raise, any support you can give will be very much appreciated. To find out more and see how your Read More...

No 1 Royal Crescent reopens

No.1 Royal Crescent has reopened. The magnificent town-house, now reunited with its servants' wing, creates a wonderfully vivid picture of fashionable life in 18th century Bath. Each room is an exquisite example of Georgian Read More...