Green light for FCBS’s 200-home mansion block scheme approved by Bath council

By Daniel Gayne2026-09-04T11:38:00

Bath Press West (c) Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios 004

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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ (FCBS) designs for a series of Victorian-inspired mansion blocks on a brownfield site in Bath have been unanimously approved by the local council.

The practice, which is based in the West of England city, was appointed by developer City & Country to draw up plans for the Bath Press site, alongside landscape architect Grant Associates.

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