The fancy Georgian ironwork of this house has survived intact. Now it even holds aloft a replica of a Georgian oil lamp. Notice the torch extinguishers. At night a gentleman could have his way through the streets lit by a link-boy carrying a flaming torch, which was snuffed out when he reached home. Kitchen provisions were once winched down into the area on the crane. The bust of Alfred the Great over the door is perhaps in honour of his rejuvenation of Bath.
