The underground bath house was built around 1750 for Northowram Hall - probably for John Edwards, owner of the hall, by Bernard Hartley [c1745-1834].
It is described as
- Being fed by water from local springs
- Stone with some brick, approached down a straight flight of stone steps with roll-moulded edges, leading to the main room to the right
- Built 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 south-east 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
- Having 2 circular skylights in a concrete surround above ground
This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso & David Nortcliffe
Page Ref: MMN458
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