Bath House, Warwickshire

The Bath House

The Bath House was built in 1748 for Sir Charles Mordaunt of the nearby Walton Hall mansion, near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. It was designed by the architect Sanderson Miller. As well as the bath chamber, the building incorporates an elegant octagonal room above, which was used by bathers to recover after their cold baths. The room is unusually decorated with icicle-like plaster work to the ceilings, and with sea shells set into the plasterwork decorating the walls. The building fell into dis-use after the second world war, and unfortunately for the estate was subject to much vandalism. In 1987 the Landmark Trust secured a lease for the building and set to work restoring it to its former condition. The Bath House is currently available to let as exclusive and unusual holiday accommodation.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Landmark Trust website: The Bath House". Retrieved 21 May 2011.

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Coordinates: 52°10′20″N 1°34′38″W / 52.1722045°N 1.5772355°W / 52.1722045; -1.5772355

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