Heritage campaigners ask for help in latest push against developing this famed Bath building

After getting nearly 500 objections in their first phase against converting this iconic Bath hospital, campaigners are asking for help in stage two.

They are fighting plans to convert of the historic Mineral Water Hospital into a another luxury hotel.

They have drafted an open letter with an appeal to locals, heritage supporters and anyone who wants a say in the city's future to sign up and send it on to B&NES.

You can sign and send the letter yourself by clicking HERE : the Friends of the Min site

Under plans being discussed Bath's historic Royal Mineral Water Hospital would be converted into a 167-bedroom hotel. Opponents said the "ungainly and too modern" design is inappropriate for a conservation area and World Heritage Site, and claimed there were better uses for the building than another hotel.

Royal Assent was given in 1830 for the mineral waters to be diverted into the hospital from the Kings Bath spring.

It was last used by the Royal National Hospital For Rheumatic Diseases but was sold by the Royal United Hospitals Trust in 2017 to fund purpose-built facilities at its main site in Combe Park.

If approved, Fragrance Group's plans will transform it into a lifestyle hotel with a health spa and restaurant.