{"id":1637,"date":"2015-12-17T16:16:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T16:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2017-01-17T09:59:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T09:59:01","slug":"the-best-of-bath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best of Bath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although I travelled down to Bath for the weekend to visit the Christmas market (and my brother) I ended up spending much of my time admiring the famous limestone. Since I\u2019ve started working for Floors of Stone I find myself looking at natural stone and assessing its features\/being \u201cnerdy\u201d about tiles in general. I\u2019ve been informed I have become (as we like to call it in the office) a \u201cstone bore\u201d!<\/p>\n<p>The native limestone of Bath is an oolitic limestone which is made up of calcium carbonate granular fragments and it has the distinctive golden tones associated with the ancient, spa town.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-City-View-1.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-City-View-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&text=The Best of Bath\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-City-View-1.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-House-2.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-House-2.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&text=The Best of Bath\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-House-2.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-House-3.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-House-3.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&text=The Best of Bath\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-House-3.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>I visited the beautiful Roman Baths and was able to see the use of limestone through the ages. When the Romans invaded Britain, they made use of the natural hot spring in Bath and built a bathing complex\/spa. In the late 18<sup>th<\/sup> and late 19<sup>th<\/sup> centuries the baths were modified \u2013 for each modification made the Bath Limestone was used. In the photo below you can see the difference between the base of the columns and the columns themselves. The base is original to when the Romans built the spa whereas the columns and structure upwards were added at later dates.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Spa-shoes-4.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Spa-shoes-4.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&text=The Best of Bath\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Spa-shoes-4.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Spa-5.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Spa-5.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&text=The Best of Bath\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Spa-5.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>That evening we went to the Real Italian Pizza Company for dinner which was delicious &#8211; authentic Italian pizza never disappoints. We then headed to the Canary Gin Bar where we tried an array of gins, all served in rounded martini glasses, accompanied by different fruits or herbs. For anyone who loves gin, like I do, this is a must visit for you. My favourite gin was a floral based gin which the mixologist recommended \u2013 it was even served with rose petals!<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-gin-6.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-gin-6.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&text=The Best of Bath\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-gin-6.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-gin-7.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-gin-7.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&text=The Best of Bath\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-gin-7.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>The next day we visited Bath Abbey which was truly spectacular. The gothic architecture and extremely high ceiling with fan vaulting added to the dramatic effect of the Abbey. The organist began playing a traditional hymn and the melody reverberated around the Abbey, reinforcing its impressive nature. The Abbey is, of course, built with the native Bath Limestone.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Abbey-8.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Abbey-8.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&text=The Best of Bath\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Abbey-8.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Abbey-9.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Abbey-9.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&text=The Best of Bath\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Abbey-9.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Abbey-10.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Abbey-10.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&text=The Best of Bath\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bath-Abbey-10.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to create a similar look to the famous Bath Limestone then our English Limestone, although a little paler, has the same warm tones which are very sought after. It is a lovely stone to use in an older property as it looks like an original feature. However, you could also use the stone in a newer property in order to add some character. It is a hand finished tile with a lightly dressed edge and has a smooth exposed grain which enhances its authentic, aged look.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/English-Limestone-11.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/English-Limestone-11.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&text=The Best of Bath\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/English-Limestone-11.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/English-Limestone-12.jpg\"><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/?img=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/English-Limestone-12.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&text=The Best of Bath\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&media=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/English-Limestone-12.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>If you would like a sample, please head to our website where you can select four free samples. If you need any more inspiration, make sure you visit Bath \u2013 it\u2019s well worth a visit!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t<ul id=\"socialbar\" class=\"x8\" style=\"margin-top:0px; float:left;\">\n\t\t<li class=\"tw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&text=The Best of Bath\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"pi\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"gp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/&title=The Best of Bath\"><\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul><ul id=\"socialbar\" class=\"fb-live\">\n\t<li style=\"margin-top:1px\">\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/the-best-of-bath\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-action=\"like\"data-show-faces=\"false\" data-share=\"true\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\n\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I travelled down to Bath for the weekend to visit the Christmas market (and my brother) I ended up spending much of my&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1637"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1651,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637\/revisions\/1651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floorsofstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}