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Sally Lunn's House

8/7/2016

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In a little street (originally called Lilliput Alley) around the corner from the Bath Abbey, is the oldest house in the city. Documents indicate that the first structure built here dates back to 1482. Two hundred years later, a Huguenot baker named Solange Luyon (later changed to Sally Lunn), escaping religious persecution in France, came to Bath and began working in a bakery on this street. Sally developed a recipe for an oversize bun that became such a hit that it was named after her - The Sally Lunn Bunn. The house in which Sally worked as a baker is now a restaurant and a small museum. Excavations in the cellar of the house have uncovered seven separate floor levels dating back to 1150. At one point, it is believed that an Inn stood on this site in which food was prepared for, and eaten by, travelers coming for the Roman Baths. Even parts of the foundation, floor, and walls of the medieval Bath Abbey complex have been uncovered in the cellar of the Sally Lunn House. The present building was constructed in 1622 and what was once the ground floor, became the cellar when the street level was raised during the 1700's. The three room museum in the cellar has free admission. One of the rooms depicts the kitchen area in which Sally created her legendary bun. Opposite that room is one that shows the seven separate floor levels of the building. The center room is used as a gift shop. Since our arrival in Bath, we had heard a lot about the Sally Lunn House, and decided that we had to visit the museum, as well as to eat dinner here. We were not disappointed. The food was excellent and the museum was informative.

For more information on this historic site, visit : www.sallylunns.co.uk
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The oldest house in Bath, now a restaurant and museum, once may have been an Inn for travelers coming to the ancient Roman Baths.
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The original kitchen area in which Sally Lunn worked as a baker and created her famous bun.
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Just to the right of the Sally Lunn mannequin is a closed off room full of ancient stalactites and stalagmites.
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This sign speaks for itself!
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Excavations in the north part of the cellar uncovered seven floor levels.
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These green colored stones are believed to be part of the original foundation for the Bath Abbey complex that extended out to where the Sally Lunn House now stands.
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The ground floor dining room is called "The Coffee Room"
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This is the second floor dining area...
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...while this is the third floor dining area.
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We enjoyed some soup with half a Sally Lunn Bun.
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