Cooling-rooms at the Nottingham Hammam
Men's cooling-room
Women's cooling-room
Robert Owen Allsop, author of The Turkish bath: its design and construction (Spon, 1890), well understood British women's preference for privacy, writing:
‘In ladies’ baths, more privacy must be observed. Each lady bather should have a private dressing and reposing room, even if only formed by dwarf wooden partitions.’
This page enlarges an image or adds to the information found below:
Women and the Victorian Turkish bath. Pt.6: attitudes to privacy, nudity, & exercise
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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