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Eclectic PANACHE

There is a pleasing symmetry to the rows of honey-coloured Georgian houses that line the hills overlooking Bath. The city’s rich history, its sweeping crescents and the grand proportions of its houses are what drew Bill Keeling to it. “I find the entire city architecturally beautiful,” he explains.

Bill bought his home in Bath five years ago as a bolthole from the fast pace of life in London, where his work as co-owner of Prestat, the chocolate company with

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