Survey Data
Reg No
16301075
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Building misc
Date
1860 - 1865
Coordinates
326943, 219109
Date Recorded
22/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay two-storey former bath house, built 1861. The bath house was constructed by John Kelly and provided hot, cold and open sea baths. The bath house closed in 1954. To the north side is an enclosed rear yard. The building now is boarded up and appears to be unused. The building is finished in render with stone quoins. The front façade is pedimented, with plain pilasters framing the ground floor and block and start quoins flanking the first floor; between ground and first floor is a moulded projecting string course. Window openings are flat-headed and are all boarded over. The pitched roof is finished with artificial slate and uPVC rainwater goods.
Appraisal
Despite changes of material and loss of detail, this modest bath house is nevertheless an extremely rare example of a building type once common in coastal resorts in the mid and later nineteenth century. It contributes to the setting of Martello Terrace and Strand Road.