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The Basilica of St Gregory the Great at Downside, commonly known as Downside Abbey, is a Catholic Benedictine monastery and the Senior House of the English Benedictine Congregation. One of its main apostolates is a school for children aged nine to eighteen. Its graduates are known as Old Gregorians. Read more…
The Roman Baths is the site of the original public bathing house during Roman times, located in central Bath adjacent to Bath Abbey. Excavated during the 19th century, the Baths are set below the modern street level. Visitors can walk through not only the well-preserved remains of the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Sacred Spring but also Read more…
The Royal Crescent is a street of 30 Georgian terraced houses which are laid out in a grand sweeping crescent. Situated in central Bath and built between 1767 and 1774, the houses were designed by John Wood the Younger and represent some of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in Britain. The whole of the Royal Crescent is grade I Read more…
Barrington Court is a beautiful Gertrude Jekyll-inspired gardens, kitchen gardens and Tudor manor house. Managed by the National Trust. 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…
Fyne Court is a National Trust owned nature reserve and visitor centre set in parkland which was originally the pleasure grounds of a large house belonging to pioneer 19th-century electrician, Andrew Crosse. The house burnt down in 1898. Much of the landscaping, including an arboretum created in 1780, has become overgrown and now provides varied habitats including broadleaved woodland, ponds Read more…
Prior Park, 18th-century landscape garden with an Ornamental Palladian bridge, one of only four in the world. Designed with advice from poet Alexander Pope and ‘Capability’ Brown. 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…
Wells Cathedral is a cathedral for the Church of England, situated in Wells in Somerset. The present cathedral building dates between 1175 and 1490 and is modest in size. The cathedral’s central tower dominates the small city of Wells and is a significant landmark in the surrounding area. Wells Cathedral is a very good example of Gothic church architecture from Read more…
Dunster Watermill is a fully restored working 18th Century watermill built on a site mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086. The mill is set besides the River Avill and managed by the National Trust and you have the Watermill tea-room just 50 yards from the watermill and serves some good seasonal food. Read more…
Tyntesfield House, 19th-century Victorian Gothic Revival country house with gardens, arboretum and rolling parkland. 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…
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