Apartment in Bristol – 17 Royal York Crescent
National Spiritual Assembly
nsa@bahai.org.uk
20 September 2016
14 ‘Izzat 173 B.E.
To all believers in the United Kingdom
Dearly loved Friends,
The National Spiritual Assembly is delighted to share with you a significant development concerning the apartment at 17 Royal York Crescent, Bristol where the beloved Master stayed on two occasions during his visits to Britain in 1911 and 1913.
The friends will recall that the National Spiritual Assembly was gifted the property two years ago and since that time efforts have been under way to begin preserving the apartment as a place of particular historic and spiritual importance, which will in due course be open to the friends for special visits.
With hearts brimming with gratitude to the Blessed Beauty, we have just been notified that our request to change the use of the apartment to be a place of prayer and meditation has been approved by Bristol City Council.
This ruling paves the way for the application of planning permission to restore this precious site to its appearance at the time of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s sojourn there.
The National Spiritual Assembly is certain that you will join with us in rejoicing at this development. Much work still needs to be done before the apartment will be ready to receive a regular flow of visitors, and we feel sure that the friends will join with us in prayers and the raising of the necessary resources to see this project through to completion.
With loving Bahá’í greetings,
Patrick O’Mara,
Secretary