The oldest house in Bath
Neighborhood: City Centre
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Sally Lunn's House is the oldest known house in Bath. The present timber-framed building dates from 1492 and Roman and Medieval remains have been found below the cellar floor. Sally Lunn, a young French girl, did not arrive until 1680. She brought with her a recipe for a sweet, brioche-style bread, which has become known as the 'Sally Lunn Bun'. After Sally's death, the recipe appeared to be lost forever until renovations in 1937 uncovered a copy of the secret recipe in a panel above the fireplace. The museum beneath the tearooms offers visitors a fascinating glimpse of history. Adjacent is a cellar containing stalagmites and stalactites. Entrance to the museum is just 30p.
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Reviewed by: Jane from out and about, Travelling!, USA on Oct 15, 2005
Best tasting museum in the world! Free
Fantastic place! Best meal so far in UK We really enjoyed our visit to this little place - so much history and wonderful people. We went to look at the museum first (recommended by local bus driver) but decided that the famous buns smelt so good that we should do the feeding first. Buns were amazing - I had a sandwich made with the famous bun (more of a bread - dunno why it is called a bun) which was very fine but my friend had a bun with cinnamon butter and clotted cream for early lunch (I think they called a Jane Austen cream tea) which is great because they sell it all day it seems - not like the pump room (beautiful room next to Roman Baths) who insist you eat what they say when you don't want and it is so much more expensive - we calculated almost double the price of sally Lunn's! Anyway just great food so we came back for dinner (after long walk (best way to see bath is on your feet) and visiting Sally's museum which is neat and quick to see) and had the Sally Lunn early evening menu which was 2 courses and a glass of wine for £10 which let me tell you is very cheap in Bath! Do go and tell them I sent you!
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Very much a on eoff and a must see and experience in Bath
A free museum!
OK so this is the fastest museum you'll ever visit - look, consider and you are done - but if yo...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from on Apr 01 2007
Memorable Place
This place was packed when we visited. Museum was OK and took very little time to see (well pretty g...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from on Jun 27 2006
