Bath railings

By Peter Borrows2007-03-01T00:00:00

Railings meeting stone, fixed in place by lead

Peter Borrows takes us on another excursion into local chemistry

Most people, walking around the beautiful city of Bath would be looking at the wonderful Georgian facades. Not the chemistry trailer however. Instead, you should look at the railings surrounding these great town houses, and especially at the point at which the iron railings are embedded in the Bath stone. (If you are a long way from Bath, much the same can be seen in other towns of the period and in many graveyards where large, old family graves are sometimes surrounded by railings.)

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