The Lincoln Place Turkish Baths in Dublin

over sixty years after they closed in 1900:

shown here being used as a Bingo Hall and a shop

some time before demolition in 1970

< Lost Dublin / Frederick O'Dwyer. — Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, 1981. — p.58
 

The Turkish Baths were designed in oriental style by the architect Richard Barter (nephew of Dr Richard Barter) for the Turkish Bath Company of Dublin Ltd and opened in mid-February 1860, probably on Monday 20th.

The main frontage, about 186 feet in length, faced Lincoln Place. Separate (and similar) facilities were provided for male and female bathers on either side of the central ticket-office. The men's department was on the right (shown here occupied by the Bingo Hall), and the women's department on the left (shown here occupied by Davies Ltd). This part of the building has lost all of the original façade apart from its two minarets and the dentil between them.

Also visible are the 50ft high ogee-shaped dome above the old company board room, and the 85 ft high variegated brick shaft which housed the chimney taking smoke and fumes from the furnace.

A connecting building, in characteristic style and with separate entrance, followed the obtuse angle joining Lincoln Place with Leinster Street. This portion housed a restaurant, while at the rear, with its own entrance, was an area where horses and other animals could be given a Turkish bath.

This page enlarges an image or adds to the information found on the following pages:

Dublin: Lincoln Place / Leinster Street

Early problems and controversies. Part 9: terminology and architectural style

The Turkish bath as a facility

Where did Bloom take his bath?

Early Turkish baths for animals