Information for record number MWA3068:
Site of Baths, London Road

Summary The site of the Willoughby New Sulphureous and Saline Baths, Baths that date to the Imperial period. The Baths were opened because it was believed that the water could help to cure complaints such as rheumatism. They were situated off Main Street, Willoughby.
What Is It?  
Type: Baths
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Willoughby
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 52 67
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 There were two bathing establishments in Willoughby - the Willoughby New Sulphureous and Saline Baths and the Willoughby Lodge Spa (PRN 3069). The former Bath was situated on the high road opposite the Four Crosses. These Baths are recently established and Dr Rattray of Daventry expressed a favourable opinion of the efficiency of the water in 'scrofulous, scorbutic and other cutaneous complaints; also in gout, rheumatism' etc. The Baths had already met with 'very great patronage'.
2 The way to the Baths from the village is by a rough unmade road. The Baths are also also described as 'modest'. The water is 15m from the surface. 'The place, as I saw, wants everything to make it fit to receive visitors...'
3 The 'spring' was waters tapped by wells in the Lower Lias. These Baths were opened in the season of 1827. No trace of these Baths by the 'Four Crosses' now remain, nor of the building. The probable site is covered by three cottages, under the floor of one of which - but built over - is said to be the 'Baths well'.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Wells and Springs
Author/originator: Richardson L
Date: 1928
Page Number: 52-3
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Spas of England
Author/originator: Granville A
Date: 1841
Page Number: 138-41
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: History of Willoughby
Author/originator: Deacon T
Date: 1828
Page Number: 39
Volume/Sheet:
   
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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 VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument LODGE * A small building, often inhabited by a gatekeeper, gamekeeper or similar. Use specific type where known. 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 FLOOR * A layer of stone, brick or boards, etc, on which people tread. Use broader site type where known. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. 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 CROSS * A free-standing structure, in the form of a cross (+), symbolizing the structure on which Jesus Christ was crucified and sacred to the Christian faith. Use specific type where known. 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

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