Ben Rhydding Hydropathic Establishment:

the Turkish baths, c.1859:

the calidarium

< Ben Rhydding: the principles of hydropathy and the compressed air bath / by a graduate of Edinburgh University. — London : Hamilton Adams, 1859

    
The hottest room, the Calidarium, was maintained at a temperature between 140-150ºF. The writer continues,

From handsome carved corbels of Caen stone, springs a ceiling of rich groined work, ornamented with bosses, supporting a lantern light of stained glass of beautiful pattern. The floor is laid with encaustic tiles, seats, shampooing tables, and other requisite fittings occupy their appropriate places.

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Ben Rhydding Hydropathic Establishment

Victorian Turkish Baths:
their origin, development,
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