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Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul

A Grade I Listed Building in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset

  • Church of St Peter & St Paul (Bath Abbey), Bath

  • St Peter & St Paul Church (Bath Abbey), Bath

  • St Peter & St Paul Church (Bath Abbey), Bath

  • Church of St Peter & St Paul (Bath Abbey), Bath

  • St Peter & St Paul Church (Bath Abbey), Bath

  • St Peter & St Paul Church (Bath Abbey), Bath

  • Bath Abbey: nave rebuilt c.1870 by Gilbert Scott imitating original chancel of c.1499

  • Bath Abbey: fan vaulting throughout nave & chancel of varying timelines 1499-1870

  • Bath Abbey: alabaster monument in chancel to Bartholomew Barnes, wife & children, 1605; kneeling figures across prayer desk

  • Bath Abbey: effigy of James Montagu of Boughton, Bishop of Winchester, d.1618; insignia of the Garter

  • Bath Abbey: arms from the James Montagu monument, 1618; Bishop of Winchester impaling quartered arms of Montagu & Monthermer

  • Bath Abbey: monument to Jane Waller (nee Reynell of Forde), d.1633; large black columns holding pediment

  • Bath Abbey: Jane Waller (nee Reynell), d.1633, overlooked by her husband William Waller

  • Bath Abbey: memorial to John Chichester of Hall, d.1684

  • Bath Abbey: Anne St Aubyn of Clowance, d.1709, aged 9

  • Bath Abbey: monument to Granville Piper of Launceston, d.1717

  • Bath Abbey: memorial to George Throckmorton of Weston Underwood, d.1762

  • Bath Abbey: memorial to Nigel Gresley of Knipersley, d.1787; sixth Baronet

  • Bath Abbey: memorial to John Enys of Cornwall, d.1818

  • Bath Abbey

  • Bath Abbey

  • Bath Abbey, W front

  • The vaulted ceiling of Bath Abbey.

  • Bath Abbey, nave, S side

  • 'Abbey Church of St. Peter and St. Paul,' from 'Prior Park,' Bath, August 2025

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Entry Name: Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul

Listing Date: 12 June 1950

Last Amended: 15 October 2010

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1394015

English Heritage Legacy ID: 509407

ID on this website: 101394015

Location: Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA1

County: Bath and North East Somerset

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bath

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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