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Bath Row, STAMFORD, PE9 2QU

An early baths building, dated 1823 with Gothic detailing, now converted to residential use, Listed Grade II.

Grade II Listed Bath House of 1823. To the north is a possible changing room, and to the east is accommodation for the baths attendant. The first floor rooms also have barrel-vaulted plaster ceilings. The building was extended to the rear in the late 19th century. A public bath had originally been established here in 1722 by four local surgeons. The present building was built by the Marquis of Exeter (Cecil Brownlow 1795-1867?) and possibly a design by William Legg. Stamford Conservation Area Appraisal claims a date for the building of 1772. I find it hard to dispute the datestone in the south wall but it is possible 1823 is the date of the extension? The costs were 2s 6d for a hot bath and 1s for a cold one according to a history of health care in Stamford but they don't say when, presumably in the 1820s.

Bath House, number 16 Bath Row, was built in 1823 as public baths. The building, now a private dwelling, was extended in the late 19th century. Constructed, in a Gothic style, of coursed rubble stone under a stone slate roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062285 Stamford is a market town on the southern border of Lincolnshire, located at the lowest point that the River Welland could be forded. It is some 11 miles northwest of Peterborough and about 27 miles east of Leicester, and is set on Roman Ermine Street and the Great North Road. The picturesque town is constructed almost entirely of limestone, much of the town centre was built in the 17th and 18th centuries in Jacobean or Georgian style. Tourism is an important element of Stamford’s economy.

In Bath Row is this short section of castle wall with a re-set 14th century pointed arched gateway. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062284 Stamford is a market town on the southern border of Lincolnshire, located at the lowest point that the River Welland could be forded. It is some 11 miles northwest of Peterborough and about 27 miles east of Leicester, and is set on Roman Ermine Street and the Great North Road. The picturesque town is constructed almost entirely of limestone, much of the town centre was built in the 17th and 18th centuries in Jacobean or Georgian style. Tourism is an important element of Stamford’s economy.

Afternoon sunshine on fine limestone. The whole of the gothick facade is shown in Richard Croft's photograph http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/285826 .

14th century arch, Listed Grade II. This and part of the great hall http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6358795 are the only remaining features of the medieval castle.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm66985