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title: Bath and Wash House, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
created: 2023-04-06T22:17:05+00:00
modified: 2026-07-31T17:26:24+00:00
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description: 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.
date: 1863-1936
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title: C3b-046.1: Bath and Wash house, containing enevelope
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title: C3b-047.1: Original plans for the conversion of the Wash-house into houses
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title: Bath and Wash House, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Original architetural plan
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title: Bath and wash house - drawing of front view
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