PROPERTY
BLOOMFIELD HOUSE This exquisite 10-bedroom mansion just hit the market By Matilda Walton
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t was recently remarked to me how familiar we are with the sounds of our homes – the scratch of the key in the lock, the crack of the sticky light switch, the creak and scuff of door over carpet – it becomes an extension of our senses. How strange it feels, when we consider this knowing, this extension of self, is something we share with the unknown inhabitants to come before and after us. The four walls around us are set in time, and we’re just a moment within them. It’s strange, but kind of comforting too. In simply being, you form part of the evolving history of the house, leaving your mark for future inhabitants to discover, undo and then recover, again. Of course, some histories are longer than others. Bloomfield House, a remarkable Grade II Listed Georgian mansion on the southern slopes of Bath, is filled with stories waiting to be discovered. Thought to be a work of Thomas Baldwin – the architect credited with many of Bath’s most famous buildings (and known for his notoriously shady finances) – the house packs an
