Activities The trust contributes financially to remedial works that enhance the city's Georgian character. It has rescued properties as diverse as Ralph Allen's quarry workers' cottages in Widcombe which once housed artisans who built some of Bath's great Georgian architectural set pieces, and the historically significant Beckford's Tower, now owned by the Bath Preservation Trust and run as a museum. A significant part of the trust's work is reviewing and responding to all planning and listed building consent applications submitted to Bath and North East Somerset Council. It also owns and runs four independent museums; No. 1 Royal Crescent, the Museum of Bath Architecture, Beckford's Tower and the Herschel Museum of Astronomy. A small former cemetery, the Southcot Burial Ground in Widcombe, is owned by the trust, and is conserved for its wildlife and heritage. Headquarters The trust's registered address and offices are at No. 1 Royal Crescent. While most of the rooms in No. 1 operate as a museum, the trust's offices occupy the upper two floors. Since 2018 some staff have relocated to offices at the Old School House, adjacent to the Museum of Bath Architecture. Trustees The board of trustees is chaired by Thomas Sheppard who succeeded Edward Bayntun-Coward in February 2016. An earlier chairman was Michael Fenwick Briggs, of Midford Castle. See also Buildings and architecture of Bath References External links The Bath Preservation Trust No. 1 Royal Crescent Organizations established in 1934 Preservation Trust Preservation Trust Preservation Trust Heritage organisations in England Building Preservation Trusts 1934 establishments in England Organisations based in Somerset with royal patronage Civic societies in the United Kingdom