Swindon Turkish baths
stained-glass window

Stained-glass window, Swindon Health Hydro

Stained-glass window, part of the original Turkish baths built in Swindon by the Great Western Railway in the 1860s as one of the facilities offered to its workers (and their families) through membership of its Medical Fund Society. More recently, this part of the premises was converted into offices.

Although the baths are still open, there is no longer a separate bath for women; instead, they use the men's baths at set times during the week.

     

 

           

 

< Photo: Courtesy Thamesdown Borough Council

 

Another view of the stained-glass window in the door to the Ladies Turkish bath, this time from the inside. This view, from June Jackson's delightful Hidden Swindon blog, also shows the wall tiling which was so typical of nineteenth century Turkish bath hot rooms.

  Door from the Ladies Turkish baths, Swindon
< Photo: Courtesy June Jackson

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Turkish baths which are still open in England
 

Victorian Turkish Baths:
their origin, development,
and gradual decline

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