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The Assembly Rooms at Lyme

Posted in Assembly Rooms, Constance Hill, Ellen G. Hill, Lyme, Persuasion on August 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Here I am standing in front of the spot where the former Assembly Rooms at Lyme stood. Very sadly, they were demolished in 1927 to make way for the car park – a move I am not sure I shall ever forgive the council of the time for making. Fortunately, we have a lovely description [...]

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Bath Elegance and Chandeliers!

Posted in Assembly Rooms, Bath, Chandeliers, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, Pump Rooms, Roman Baths on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I do love a chandelier, and in Bath they can be seen in all the places that Jane Austen wrote about. This first photo shows a chandelier from a small room off the main one in the Pump Rooms. The room looks down onto the Roman Baths below where it’s easy to imagine bathers through [...]

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Regency Splendour in the Assembly Rooms

Posted in Assembly Rooms, Bath, Jane Austen, Persuasion on February 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I love any excuse for a research trip and a chance to escape a frantic and busy life, so when my husband suggested a trip to Bath at the weekend I was very excited. I thought I’d share some of the photos I took of the Assembly Rooms in Bennett Street, which are stunningly beautiful. [...]

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