PLANNING permission has been received for Wetherspoons to convert a historic building in Bath into its second pub in the city, but has not yet set a date for when it will open.

Bath and North East Somerset Council has approved JD Wetherspoon’s plans to convert the former Revolution premises on George Street. The popular pub chain already operates the King of Wessex on James Street West.

Wetherspoons spokesperson Eddie Gershon said: “We are delighted that the plans for our new pub in Bath have been approved. At present there are no on site or opening dates.”

The new Wetherspoons will be called “the Old Post Office,” a name helpfully already written on the historic building. It was originally built in the mid eighteenth century by John Wood the Younger, the iconic architect of the Royal Crescent.

Listed building consent has been granted for alternations to the grade II listed building to turn it into a pub, including moving the gents toilets upstairs and opening up three windows which had been blocked up internally.

The council has also granted it permission to change the building’s opening hours so it can open at seven am and serve breakfast — an hour earlier than the King of Wessex opens. In their application, the pub chain said: “Given that the premises has operated for a number of years within a sensitive time period and had no complaints or issues, it is considered that there would be no negative impact from increasing the hours of opening to [seven am].”

The old post office on George Street should not be confused with the nearby but separate old post office at the other end of Broad Street, which Bath and North East Somerset Council is planning to turn into the new home for the Fashion Museum.