Information for record number MWA1467:
Site of Smart's Baths, Clemens Street

Summary The site of Smart's Baths, a spring discovered in 1819. They were called the Marble Baths. The building, now demolished, was later used as a carriage works. The site is on the west side of Clemens Street, 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 32 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 In 1819 a seventh spring was located on the W side of Clemens Street. The four baths were called the Marble baths. The premises were finally used as a carriage works.
2 'Smart's Marble baths, Clement Street, 1816'.
3 The building no longer stands.
4 Noted.
 
Sources
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Royal Leamington Spa
Author/originator: Cave L F
Date: 1988
Page Number: 178
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Royal Leamington Spa
Author/originator: Clarke H G
Date: 1947
Page Number: 53-5, 58-60
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Drawing
Title: Royal Leamington Spa
Author/originator: Clarke H G
Date: 1947
Page Number: 22
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: MDT
Date: 1979
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 1486
   
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Glossary

 
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. 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 CARRIAGE WORKS * A building or works in which carriages were built. Use RAILWAY CARRIAGE WORKS for sites making railway carriages. 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 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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