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The Theatre Royal is Bath’s premier theatre venue located in the heart of the city. At over 200 years old, the theatre is one of the most important outside of London and has a capacity seating of 900 people. In addition to the grade II listed main theatre building, there are two smaller studio theatres, the Ustinov theatre and the Read more…
Beckford’s Tower is a folly situated on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath in Somerset. Built in 1827 for Bath resident, William Beckford, the tower stands at 37m high. Now owned by the Bath Preservation Trust, it is a grade I listed building. Within the tower there is a museum displaying various artefacts, furniture and paintings from Beckford’s collection. Visitors can Read more…
Combe Sydenham is a 15th century manor house and Grade I listed building. Combe Sydenham Hall was the home of the Sydenham family from the fourteen hundreds to the mid 18th century. In 1585, Francis Drake married Elizabeth Sydenham, the only child of Sir George Sydenham, who was the High Sheriff of Somerset. Drake and Elizabeth Sydenham were to be Read more…
Cadbury castle stands on the summit of Cadbury Hill, a limestone hill with flat lowland to the north. The summit is 153 metres (500 ft) above sea-level. The hill is surrounded by four terraced earthwork banks and ditches and a stand of trees. Local tradition, first written down by John Leland in 1532, holds that Cadbury Castle was King Arthur’s Read more…
Stembridge Tower Mill, the last remaining thatched windmill in England, dates from 1822 and in use until 1910. The windmill is managed by the National Trust and although you can see the outside has limited opening of the inside. Read more…
The American Museum in Britain is a beautiful collection of antiques covering American history from the late 17th to the mid 19th centuries. The exhibits are housed at the grade 1 listed Claverton Manor, to the east of the city of Bath. The museum was first opened to the public in 1961 and was founded by two collectors of antiques; Read more…
Glastonbury Abbey is a ruined monastery situated in the town of Glastonbury in Somerset. First founded in the 7th century and expanded in the 10th century, the Abbey was destroyed by fire in 1184 and subsequently rebuilt. It went onto become one of the richest and most powerful monasteries in medieval England. The last abbot, Richard Whiting, was executed as Read more…
Bishops Lydeard Mill and Rural Life Museum is a historic building and museum and dates from the 18th century, and was extended in the early 19th century with the addition of a millhouse. It has an overshot waterwheel and has been designated as a Grade II listed building. The water wheel weighs over two tonnes and is driven by water Read more…
West Pennard Court Barn is a 15th-century barn with an unusual roof and upper floor made of compacted earth. Read more…
Tyntesfield House, 19th-century Victorian Gothic Revival country house with gardens, arboretum and rolling parkland. Read more…
A 14th-century fish house at Meare was once the abode of Glastonbury Abbey fishermen, who fished the, now drained, Meare Pool. Meare is a marshland village, standing on the site of pre-historic lake. The site of the Meare Lake Village is marked by groups of mounds. Read more…
Clevedon Court an outstanding 14th-century manor house and 18th-century terraced garden. Managed by the National Trust. Read more…
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