Dr Richard Barter was the founder and proprietor of St Ann's Hydropathic Establishment, the first in Ireland, located near Blarney in Co. Cork. He was the builder (with David Urquhart, in 1856) of the first attempt at a 'Turkish' bath in the British Isles since the time of the Roman occupation.
< The Rise and progress of hydropathy in England and Scotland / Richard Metcalfe. — London : Simkin Marshall, 1912. — p.120
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Dr Barter and St Ann's Hydro
Dr Barter & the birth of the Victorian Turkish bath
The Victorian Turkish Bath Movement. Part 2: Urquhart, Barter, and St Ann's
The Hot air controversy. Part 1: background
Early problems and controversies. Part 1: introduction
London's first Victorian Turkish bath. Part 2: The first Turkish baths
The Turkish bath as a facility
Women and the Victorian Turkish bath. Part 2: the first Victorian Turkish baths
Early Turkish baths for animals
Heritaging the Victorian Turkish bath: creating a saleable asset
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