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Latitude: 53.7442 / 53°44'39"N
Longitude: -1.8337 / 1°50'1"W
OS Eastings: 411064
OS Northings: 427545
OS Grid: SE110275
Mapcode National: GBR HTM4.TK
Mapcode Global: WHC9M.S4ZZ
Plus Code: 9C5WP5V8+MG
Entry Name: Underground Bath House, Northowram
Listing Date: 3 August 2005
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1392921
English Heritage Legacy ID: 493339
ID on this website: 101392921
Location: Northowram, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX3
County: Calderdale
Electoral Ward/Division: Northowram and Shelf
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bradford
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Northowram St Matthew
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Architectural structure
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679/0/10308 HALL LANE
03-AUG-05 Northworam
Underground Bath House, Northowram
II
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 (c.1745-1834)who was involved in the construction of several bridges including John Carr's 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.
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