The Old Kent Road Baths, Camberwell:
plan of the Turkish baths
< Plan: Public baths and wash-houses / Alfred W S Cross. — London : Batsford, 1906
The Turkish Baths Suite, situated in the basement of the Public Baths at The Old Kent Road, Camberwell.
These baths, designed by architect E Harding Payne, were the first in London to be built by a local authority and include a Turkish baths suite. The three hot rooms, as was often the case, led off each other in a more or less straight line.
This page enlarges an image or adds to the information found below:
The Victorian Turkish Bath Movement. Part 1: introduction
Urquhart and the London Hammam. Part 1: introduction
Early problems and controversies. Part 1: introduction
Roman? Turkish? Middle class? Part 1: the Turkish bath as a procedure
Women and the Victorian Turkish bath. Part 2: the first Victorian Turkish baths
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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