Falling masonry - Bath Spa

[The exile]

Following the emergency removal of the station clock from the facade of Bath Spa station several months ago, the ticket office is now closed - bits of masonry having apparently fallen through the ceiling. Ticket sales there currently offering a foretaste of things intended to come (albeit in an "emergency mode") - staff coping admirably, but it's not very satisfactory.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Here is an interesting article from the Bath clocks maintainers describing its type and history.

That station clock

Further to my original story about scaffolding being erected in front of Bath Spa station foto facilitate urgent repairs to masonry, comes an email from Andrew Nicholls of Tower Clocks in Bristol. …

bathnewseum.com

 

[yorksrob]

Bath Spa is part of our architectural heritage and needs to be restored in full.

That aside, there appear to have been a lot of these incidents in the last couple of years. NR taking its eye off the ball ?

 

[zwk500]

I do hope this is purely because of the age of the structue, and not because GWR and NR have been running around in circles trying to pin the bill on the other.