It’s frustrating to say that the recorded history of women architects in Bath seems to begin in the 20th century. Frustrating but, sadly, not surprising. In a city so defined by its buildings, the names we usually celebrate are almost entirely male. So where, we might ask, are the women?

Central to Bath’s modern story is Molly Taylor, whose work includes Bath Fire Station, now due for demolition. It’s a building many of us pass without a second thought yet it raises big questions about what we value, whose work we protect, and which histories are allowed to disappear.

On this walk, Dr Amy Frost will share new research on the women who helped design modern Bath, and we’ll look beyond the famous Georgian image to the everyday civic buildings, housing and services where many women left their mark.

Start: Abbey Green by the plane tree [what3words ///comic.descended.pets]

End: Laura Place Fountain

Standard: £10 | Open Concessions: £5

About Amy Frost

Dr Amy Frost is the Senior Curator of Bath Preservation Trust, which operates No.1 Royal Crescent, Beckford's Tower & Museum, the Museum of Bath Architecture and the Herschel Museum. She is an Architectural Historian, teaches architectural history, theory and philosophy at the University of Bath and heritage, architecture and conservation at Bath Spa University. She is a founder of the not-for-profit collective ‘Architecture is’.