Sally Lunn's Kitchen Museum
Free cellar museum under Sally Lunn's tea house in Bath, with the old bakery, a faggot oven and an excavated archaeological site.
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About the museum
Sally Lunn's occupies a house in Bath that is described as the oldest in the city. According to the house's own account, Solange Luyon, a Huguenot refugee, brought the Sally Lunn bun to Bath in 1680, and her name was later anglicised to Sally Lunn. The bun is still baked to the original recipe and served in the tea house on the ground floor.
The small museum is in the cellar, which is reached by about twelve stone steps. It shows the bakery in which Sally is said to have worked in the 1680s, including an old faggot oven for baking bread. An excavated area shows the history of the site back to the Roman occupation, and a window looks onto the original street level of the house. A model of Sally's working kitchen shows how the bakery may have looked.
Entry to the museum is free, and visitors do not have to eat in the restaurant. The cellar also contains a small gift shop selling the buns and other Sally Lunn products.
Highlights
- Old bakery and faggot oven in the cellar
- Excavated archaeological site reaching back to the Roman period
- Window onto the original street level of the house
- Recreation of Sally Lunn's working kitchen
- Free entry
Permanent exhibition
- Kitchen Museum – The cellar museum shows the old bakery with a faggot oven, an excavated archaeological site and a recreation of Sally Lunn's kitchen.
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
The museum is free to visit; you do not need to eat in the restaurant.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: not available
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: not available
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The ground floor of the house is wheelchair accessible, but the museum is in the cellar and is reached by about twelve stone steps. The toilets are on the first floor and no accessible alternative is available. Dogs are not allowed. Visitors with a disability or support needs are asked to contact the house in advance.
Kids & families
The museum is reached by stone steps and is small; a visit can take only a few minutes.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Bath Spa station · 6-min walk
Bath Spa railway station is about a six-minute flat walk away: leave the station on to Manvers Street, turn left at the lights on North Parade and continue past the Abbey Hotel to North Parade Passage.
By car
No on-site parking at the museum.
There is no parking at the house. The nearest public car parks are Manvers Street, Bath Sports Centre, Bath Cricket Club and Southgate Shopping Centre.
The house is in central Bath, close to the Roman Baths and Bath Abbey.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café
- Restaurant
- Museum shop
The historic tea house and restaurant on the upper floors serves Sally Lunn buns, with an afternoon tea and a dinner menu; the museum has a small gift shop.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Good to know | A visit to the cellar museum can be as short as five minutes. |
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