# THE BECKFORD TOWER TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 272986
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 10, 1977
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=272986


## Contact

- **Address:** 1 ROYAL CRESCENT, BATH
- **Postcode:** BA1 2LR
- **Phone:** 01225 338727
- **Email:** beckford@bptrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.beckfordstower.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BUILDINGS, FEATURES AND OBJECTS OF HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST RELATING TO THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THE LATE WILLIAM BECKFORD OF FONTHILL AND IN PARTICULAR THE BUILDING KNOWN AS BECKFORD&#x27;S TOWER AND THE GARDENS AND ROADS BELONGING THERETO. (B) TO MAINTAIN THE BECKFORD&#x27;S MUSEUM COLLECTION AT PRESENT IN THE SAID TOWER AS A PUBLIC MUSEUM. (C) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THE SAID WILLIAM BECKFORD.

**Activities:** Preserve and maintain for the public benefit and education buildings, features and objects of historical and architectural interest relating to William Beckford and in particular the building known as The Beckford Tower; maintain the Beckford Museum collection housed in the Tower for public benefit, and educate the public in the life and works of William Beckford.




## Classification

- **How:** Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE BATH
- Bath And North East Somerset





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| The Bath Preservation Trust Limited |  |  |




