Bath and Wash House, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Titus Salt built the Bath and Wash houses in 1863 at a cost of £7000 (over £600,000 today). These housed 24 baths, 12 each for men and women and a Turkish bath. A warm bath would cost 6d. and a cold one 3d. The wash house contained everything people would need to wash and dry their clothes: 48 washing, rinsing and steam tubs, 48 drying closets, a steam dryer and mangles, meaning clothes could be cleaned and dried in under 1 hour. As in the rest of the North of England, the Bath and Wash Houses did not prove popular. People preferred to bathe in the privacy of their own homes and wash clothes in their own kitchen where they could also complete other tasks. The buildings were converted into houses in the late 1800s before being completely demolished in 1936. Today, a community garden has been planted on the site, following consultation with residents in 2011.
C3b-046.3.2: Drawings for the Bath and Wash house
C3b-046.2.2: Drawings for the Bath and Wash house
C1-016a-b: Saltaire village - Maps & Plans
C1-018a-c: Saltaire village - Maps & Plans
C3b-046.1: Bath and Wash house, containing enevelope
C3b-046.2: Drawings for the Bath and Wash house
C3b-046.3: Drawings for the Bath and Wash house
C3b-047.1: Original plans for the conversion of the Wash-house into houses
C3b-047.2: Wash-house conversion plans - ground floor and cellar
C3b-047.3: Wash-house conversion plans - exterior views
C1-017: vertical view of the Bath and Wash House
Bath and Wash House, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Original architetural plan
Bath and wash house original architects' plans, plan view
Bath and wash house - drawing of front view