The Bathing House
The Bathing House (82103)
- Easting
- 426162
- Northing
- 617504
Name: THE BATHING HOUSE List entry Number: 1041801
GV II
Bathing House. c.1840 conversion of older cottage, for the Grey family. Rubble ground floor with squared stone above; tooled-and-margined dressings (in part cemented over). Welsh slate roof except for synthetic blue slates on north pent part; terracotta chimney pots. 1 + 2 storeys, 3 bays. Centre bay has boarded door in gabled porch with shouldered arch on left. 3-light mullioned window with 3-pane casements; blocked 2-light window above. Deep eaves on cast-iron brackets. Coped gables on elaborate moulded kneelers with pyramid finials; end stacks with tall paired moulded terracotta pots (one at right end missing). Single-storey pent-roofed left end bay has 4-pane casement and small arched light. Single-storey right bay has blocked chamfered slit. Right return shows 4-pane sash, in former 2-light mullioned window, with gable slit above. Front to sea shows wide C20 ground-floor window, below large tripartite sash with boarded apron.
Stonework especially dressings, much perished through wind erosion. Included for historical interest and landscape value.
Taken from Historic England's Listed Building Entry
Built for the 2nd Earl Grey's Family, Charles Grey (1764 – 1845). He is said to have had 15 children with his wife Mary, who lived at nearby Howick Hall.
- Period
- Post-Medieval (1540 - 1901)
- Period comments
- The earliest date of the feature, as a year, if known
- The latest date of the feature, as a year, if known
- Monument Type - Broad
- Building
- Monument Type - Narrow
- Monument Description
- Evidence Type - Broad
- Evidence Type - Narrow
- Evidence Description
- Object Type - Broad
- Object Type - Narrow
- Object Description
- Height OD (m)
- How accessible is the feature?
- Accessible on foot (footpath)
- Accessibility comments
The building is used as a private holiday home and therefore is restricted access, however the footpath goes right beside it.
Other records:
- NRHE Number
- Unknown
- NT HBSMR Number
- Unknown
- HER Event Number
- Unknown
- External Link
- None
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- Date of survey
- 10th August, 2017
- Feature located?
- Yes
- State of the tide
- High
- Proximity to coast edge
- 11-50m inland
- Coastal processes
- Not eroding
- Is there a coastal defence?
- No
- Other threats?
- Visitor erosion, Structural damage/decay
- If other, please specify
- How visible are the remains? ABOVE GROUND
- Highly visible (substantial remains)
- How visible are the remains in the face of the cliff, ridge or dune? IN SECTION
- Not applicable
- Do you know if the feature is?
- Is well visited, Has local associations/history
- What actions (if any) would you recommend for this feature?
- Do you have any other comments?