The Bath House and Bathing Pools

Home Restoration The Bath House and Bathing Pools

Between 1760 and 1800 pools or stewponds, possibly created when clay was dug out for bricks, were formalised into a chain and the Cold Bath House was built.


The Cold Bath House is built of brick with a tiled roof and consists of two small rooms. One room has a fireplace set diagonally in one corner. The other room has a small ankle depth pool and an opening for bathing in the large pool outside which is stone lined.

Left To Decline

Since the 1920s the Bath Pools have been left to decline and grow wild. These blurry pictures of the Bath Pools are from the Nineties.

Cold Bath Pools Before - 1990s
Cold Bath Pools Before Looking Towards Bath House - 1990s

Before Starting Restoration Work

Lower Pools Before Restoration Work Began
The Lower Bath Pools Before Starting Restoration

Restoring The Bath Pools

Initial clearance work

Work In Progress Clearing The Bath Pools
Bath Pools Starting To Take Shape

Making progress

Bath Pools Restoration Progress February 2012
Building The Stone Walls
Progress February 2012 Upper Pool and Bath House
Stone Walls Nearly Complete

Bath Pools Restored

Restoring The Bath Pools Stone Line Walls
Restored Bath Pools Stone Walls Before Refilling
Restoring The Bath Pools Stone Line Walls
Restored Bath Pools Stone Walls Before Refilling
Lower Pools After
Lower Bath Pools After Restoration In Natural State

The Bath House

Starting work

Bath House Starting Work - Propping Up The Walls
Propping Up The Walls
Bath House Starting Work - The Cold Water Dipping Pool
The Cold Water Dipping Pool

Bath house progress

Bath House Before
Bath House Progress

The roof

Bath House Starting Roof
Bath House Starting Roof

The Bath House Completed

Bath House On Winters Day
Bath House On Winters Day
Bath House Completed

The Bath House - Then & Now

The Bath House Originally
The Bath House Originally
Bath House Now
The Bath House Now

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