Information for record number MWA1469:
Robbins' Baths, Victoria Terrace, Leamington Spa

Summary The traces of Robbins Baths, later Victoria Baths, that survive in the colonnaded buildings facing the river. The Baths dated from the Imperial period, and were situated on Victoria Terrace, Leamington Spa.
What Is It?  
Type: Baths, Well
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Leamington Spa
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 The fourth Leamington spring was discovered by Richard Robbins, who erected six marble baths and a small pump rooms. Robbins' baths were later rebuilt as Victoria baths, with a colonnade facing the river. The building is now occupied by shops etc.
2 Almost nothing remains of these baths, just a few fragments of the original building hidden away among the later alterations.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Royal Leamington Spa
Author/originator: Clarke H G
Date: 1947
Page Number: 53-5, 58-60
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Royal Leamington Spa
Author/originator: Cave L F
Date: 1988
Page Number: 178
Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument SHOP * A house or building where goods are made or prepared and displayed for sale and sold. Use more specific type where known. back
monument COLONNADE * A row of columns supporting an entablature. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument BATHS * A building, usually open to the public, containing a number of areas for bathing. In the case of such a complex containing baths for swimming, also index with INDOOR or OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL. back
monument PUMP ROOMS * A spa building to which water was pumped from springs or wells; usually also serving a social function as an ASSEMBLY ROOM, eg. as at Bath. back
monument SPRING * A point where water issues naturally from the rock or soil onto the ground or into a body of surface water. back
monument SPA * A medicinal or mineral spring often with an associated building. back
monument TERRACE * A row of houses attached to and adjoining one another and planned and built as one unit. back

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