An initial phase of investigative opening-up works are underway at Bath Assembly Rooms, making careful incisions in fabric of low-significance to better understand areas of the site which are not documented in any existing or historic drawings. Works are being undertaken in dialogue with Local Authority and Historic England, with on-site archaeological supervision to monitor exploratory excavation.
The process is improving our understanding of the building’s evolution; confirming the survival of original 18thC fabric, and establishing the extent of the post-war restoration. It is the ambition of the wider refurbishment proposals to uncover and display some of these historic surfaces for the first time in over 50 years, creating an evocative ‘as found’ backdrop for the new interpretation spaces across the lower ground floor.
