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Bath Abbey

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Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
Phone:
+44 1225 422462

Hours:
Sunday1pm - 2:30pm, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Monday9:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday9am - 5:30pm
Thursday9am - 5:30pm
Friday9am - 5:30pm
Saturday9am - 5:30pm


Bath Abbey is an Anglican parish church and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. The cathedral was consolidated to Wells Cathedral in 1539 after the abbey was dissolved in the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but the name of the diocese has remained unchanged.The church is cruciform in plan, and able to seat 1,200. An active place of worship, it also hosts civic ceremonies, concerts and lectures. There is a heritage museum in the vaults. The abbey is a Grade I listed building, particularly noted for its fan vaulting. It contains war memorials for the local population and monuments to several notable people, in the form of wall and floor plaques and commemorative stained glass. The church has two organs and a peal of ten bells. The west front includes sculptures of angels climbing to heaven on two stone ladders.
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