London: Savoy Hill: Savoy Turkish Baths:
showing the separation of wet and dry areas
in a Victorian Turkish bath,
with a view of the interior
| Mixed wet and dry area | Wet area | Dry area |
< Adapted from: The Turkish bath: its design and construction… / Robert Owen Allsop (Spon, 1890)
< Postcard, published by the baths, c.1917
View of the mixed wet and dry area (seen from red arrow on the plan above), and the shampooing room (inset).
The postcard is from the collection of the Victorian Turkish Baths Project
This page enlarges an image or adds to the information found below:
The Turkish bath as a facility
Sexual activity in the Jermyn Street Hammam
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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