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October 7, 2026

£4.5 million price tag on former Royal High School site at Weston

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The Grade II listed former nursery and preparatory school is set in 11 acres of grounds.
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£4.5 million price tag on former Royal High School site at Weston

£4.5 million price tag on former Royal High School site at Weston

• The Grade II listed former nursery and preparatory school is set in 11 acres of grounds.

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Bath Abbey traces its origins to AD 675, when Osric, King of the Hwicce, granted land near Bath for a convent.

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