It is with much excitement that we can finally announce that our ongoing programme of historic street sign conservation, enabled by the Bath World Heritage Enhancement Fund, has jointly won the Georgian Group Architectural Awards 2019. Additional congratulations are extended to our fellow winners Harrison Brooks architects and PERA for their work reinstating overthrow lighting on the…
Bath Preservation Trust is pleased to be working with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) South West to offer monthly Saturday advice surgeries with a local qualified architect from Chartered Practice. Have you an architectural project you’d like to discuss informally with an impartial expert? Feeling daunted or not sure how to start? ‘RIBA Ask…
Beckford’s Garden is a relatively intact section of historic garden terraces and walls that encircle what was William Beckford’s nursery garden just north of his house on Lansdown Crescent. The terraces themselves were used by Beckford to access the Embattled Gateway, a castellated folly which served as the entrance to Beckford’s created Picturesque landscape. Following…
Our guidance ‘Making Changes – Guidance for owners of listed buildings in Bath’ has been shortlisted in the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) South West Awards for Planning Excellence. It is one of only eight projects, plans and policies vying for the South West’s top planning award. Suzanne D’Arcy Chair of RTPI South West said:…
Developing a conservation area character appraisal for Bath Conservation Area Bath today has one city wide conservation area which covers 1486 hectares and is home to about 50,000 people. The conservation area includes the city’s unique and much celebrated heritage, but it also encompasses less well known areas which have a range of different characteristics….
