For Epiphany we paid a visit to Partis College, a charity which provides homes for women of professional status, all arranged around a large, elegant central court. Being private, and on the outskirts of the city, it’s one of Bath’s best-kept architectural secrets. It’s an Anglican foundation, and right in the centre of one side of the court is a small chapel (not the original one, but a Victorian rebuild in a curious mixture of styles by George Gilbert Scott, who also worked on Bath Abbey). We squeezed in along with many of the residents to sing evensong, including Bethlehem Down<\/i> and Here is the little door<\/i>, and were generously entertained by them afterwards.<\/p>\n
More recently there was the funeral of a long-standing member of the congregation who had taken a keen interest in the choir. He had been in the Navy and so the service had a nautical feel, with Tom Bowling<\/i> and A Life on the Ocean Wave<\/i> on the organ, and Eternal Father, Strong to Save<\/i>. The words to this were slightly amended (which caught out those singing from the hymn-book) but not as much as a version a friend claims to once have encountered: <\/p>\n TAGGING_BACK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For Epiphany we paid a visit to Partis College, a charity which provides homes for women of professional status, all arranged around a large, elegant central court. Being private, and on the outskirts of the city, it’s one of Bath’s … Continue reading O hear us when we cry to You
For those upon the sea so blue<\/i>.<\/ul>\n