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Sunday, February 26, 2023

Trading places in Bath

Originally a biscuit factory, this quietly elegant home/shop renovation is an ode to British craftsmanship

Renditions of Bach’s Goldberg Variations played on an 18th-century harpsichord float harmoniously out of a shop doorway and across a cobbled street. Peer through the glass windows of this Georgian shopfront in Bath to see flickering candlelight and a spellbound audience. This is Berdoulat.

What began as a fantasy for a small child who loved to play shop is today a splendid reality for designer Patrick Williams, who moved from London to Bath and opened the boutique hotel, Berdoulat & Breakfast, with his Turkish/Bulgarian wife, the photographer Neri Williams. Everything they sourced was local and handmade and guests lusted over the chic interiors and tasty Turkish breakfasts.

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