But officials at Grade I-listed Bath Abbey wanted them removed in favour ... furious at the prospect of their church’s seemingly timeless interior being modernised with rows of chairs, often ...

More than 170 energy-saving LEDs will replace electric lighting installed in the 500-year-old building in the 1990s A new LED lighting system is being installed at Bath Abbey to showcase the ...

Bath Abbey interior, awaiting refurbishment Credit: LatitudeStock/Alamy "The last decade or so has seen Victorian church schemes ripped out all over the country and once they're gone they're gone ...

the brief for Bath Abbey’s Footprint Project was incredibly ambitious. As well as repairing and remodelling the interior of the Abbey, it involved creating new learning and music spaces beneath the ...

Bath Abbey and the Jane Austen Centre and had a soak in the Thermae Bath Spa, or if you’re after a different Bathonian experience, it pays to spend time outside the main attractions. Bath is ...

Chandeliers installed at Bath Abbey nearly 150 years ago have been fitted with energy-efficient LED lights. The 15 chandeliers, designed by Francis Skidmore in 1870, were adapted to gas in the ...

A multimillion-pound project to restore the crumbling floor of a historic abbey has reached a significant milestone. The east wing of Bath Abbey has re-opened after work to stabilise the surface ...

Now 21st century engineers are to use the water from the same hot springs beneath the city of Bath to heat its medieval abbey. Builders will shortly begin work on an underfloor heating system ...

BATH ABBEY has become a victim of its city's popularity ... "Last year, we did a dig beside one of the main pillars in the crossing, and were delighted to find there was a very substantial foundation ...

An anonymous benefactor has donated £1.5 million to Bath Abbey - in a plain brown envelope. The seven figure sum the largest amount ever received by the Abbey from a private individual will go ...

Beneath the stone floors of the over 500-year-old Bath Abbey church in England is a tangle of buried human bodies that are now threatening the long-term stability of the entire building.

More than 170 energy-saving LEDs will replace electric lighting installed in the 500-year-old building in the 1990s A new LED lighting system is being installed at Bath Abbey to showcase the ...