The Broadway, Wimbledon:
new life for a restored Turkish bath in a theatre

The Bar Sia from the street Relaxing with a drink The mezzanine bar

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At the rear of the triangular building which is home to the Wimbledon Theatre, there were originally two shops at street level. Below them, and at a slightly higher level behind them, were the various rooms of a Turkish bath.

These were restored and refurbished to create Steve Sotiriou's Bar Sia which opened in June 2002. The building is Grade II Listed, and the architects incorporated original features surviving from each of the original rooms into the new design.

The Bar Sia closed in 2012 though the premises themselves were still in use in 2013.

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Wimbledon Theatre Turkish Baths. Part 2: Upper levels conversion

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Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline

 
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Comments and queries are most welcome and can be sent to: 
malcolm@victorianturkishbath.org
 
The right of Malcolm Shifrin to be identified as the author of this work
has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

©  Malcolm Shifrin, 1991-2023