The Turkish bath at
The Retreat, York:
estimate of the building cost
At its meeting on 16 February 1875, The Retreat's Committee of Management instructed its architect, Edward Taylor (c.1829–1908), to work with the new Superintendent Robert Baker in drawing up plans for a Turkish bath at a cost not to exceed £1,400 including equipment and furnishing.
This page adds an image to illustrate
an estimate of the cost of building a Turkish bath at The Retreat,
mentioned on page 196 of my book
Victorian Turkish Baths
VICTORIAN TURKISH BATHS
by Malcolm Shifrin
Published
2015
by Historic England
in partnership with Liverpool University Press
Distributed in the US by Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-1-84802-230-0
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