Tuesday 18 November 2014

The Wells & Campden Baths & Wash Houses / 1888

Architect: Henry S Legg, 1888. Red brick construction with Dutch gable and carved stone name plaque across breadth of the building. Not a swimming baths, but where people could wash themselves in a hot bathtub, such facilities in ordinary houses then being rather limited, especially for the poor. This building also had large sinks in which to do laundry, plus drying cabinets. It was converted to residential units in 1985. Grade II listed. Flask Walk, Hampstead, London Borough of Camden. 


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