Plan of the hot room in

Erasmus Wilson's Turkish Bath, Richmond Hill, London
Floor plan of the Erasmus Wilson's Turkish bath at Richmond Hill

KEY
  a a a       Front wall
  b  

Door of entrance from a lobby, leading from the frigidarium
  c   Vestibule
  d   Inner door
  e e   Spiracles, or  ventilators
  f   Mouth of the furnace
  g   Furnace of fire-brick,
enclosed in a jacket of
hollow brick
  h h h   Flue
  i   Chimney
  k   Returned flue, supporting
a tank for warm water
  l l   Outer wall
  m   Lavatrina
  n   Tesselated pavement
 

The dark shaded area between l h, and l k, indicates the interval between the flue and outer wall
 

 

< Plan: The Eastern, or Turkish bath: its history, revival in Britain, and application to the purposes of health / by Erasmus Wilson. — London : John Churchill, 1861.

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