Listed building outline
Underground Bath House
Geographical area
About this entity
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| CURIE | listed-building-outline:000000003451 | no fact link |
| Prefix | listed-building-outline | Facts about Prefix |
| Reference | 000000003451 | Facts about Reference |
| Name | Underground Bath House | Facts about Name |
| Quality | Authoritative: We have some data from the authoritative source | no fact link |
| Dataset | Listed building outline | no fact link |
| Organisation | Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | no fact link |
| Start date | 2005-08-03 | Facts about Start date |
| End date | Facts about End date | |
| Entry date | 2024-01-24 | Facts about Entry date |
| Typology | geography | no fact link |
| Geometry |
MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.833128 53.744455, -1.833543 53.744426, -1.833546 53.744425, -1.833548 53.744422, -1.833543 53.74439, -1.83362 53.744385, -1.833579 53.744149, -1.833076 53.744181, -1.833108 53.744355, -1.833128 53.744455)))
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| Point |
POINT (-1.833347 53.744299)
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Facts about Point |
| Notes | Underground Bath House | Facts about Notes |
| Description | Underground Bath House built to serve Northowram Hall. Mid C18, probably for John Edwards, owner of the hall. Stone with some brick, approached down a straight flight of stone steps with roll-moulded edges, leading to the main room to the right. This is of coursed stone with a barrel-vaulted roof. Band course of comb-dressed stone defining spring of the roof. Large plunge pool in centre with roll-moulded edges over large smooth ashlar sides. Pointed arched openings central to north and south walls. To north this leads to a smaller chamber with smaller pointed arch in the rear wall with a stone slab behind and hand-made brick side walls, partially removed. To south, central opening leads to another chamber and is flanked by two pointed arched windows with stone slab cills. South chamber is rectangular with curved wall at southeast corner and small footbath beyond. Two pointed arched niches on west and south walls, and remains of a fireplace on east wall. Flue in north east corner in a small recess. Two circular skylights in concrete surround above ground. HISTORY The bathhouse appears to be contemporary with an earlier C18 house on the site, as most bathhouses were built in this period. It is thought that the bath house was built by Bernard Hartley, a Yorkshire builder and architect (c1745 - 1834) who was involved in the contruction of several bridges including John Carrs road bridge at Ferrybridge. SOURCES: Northowram Hall Bath House: Building Report Specification, WYAS 2003 (unpub) Kellerman, S. Bath Houses an Introduction, The Follies Journal, No. 1 2001. | Facts about Description |
| Listed building | 1392921 | Facts about Listed building |
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