The Turkish bath at the Wimbledon Theatre:

the stairs up from the baths

 
Stairs before restoration      Stairs after restoration

< Photo: Tijen Selim O'Reilly

The stairs up from the Turkish bath before restoration. Were the marble steps, perhaps, originally covered over because they were found to be dangerously slippy when bathers with wet feet went up and down them?

< Photo: Shifrin

The stairs up from the Turkish bath showing the restored marble-faced steps. The door to the right of the half-landing led into the plunge pool area.

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Wimbledon Theatre Turkish Baths. Part 3: Lower levels conversion

          

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

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