Listed Building: BATHING POOL AND WELL IN THE GARDEN OF BATH GARDEN COTTAGE (1160189)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 1016, 5, 15
Date assigned 01 March 1967
Date last amended

Description

BEESTON C.P. (Off) HORSLEY LANE SJ 55 NW 5/15 Bathing pool and well in the garden of Bath Garden Cottage. (Formerly listed as Bath) 1.3.67 II GV Bathing pool. Dated 1684 on inscribed tablet which read:- Sinitati Sacrum Obstructum reserat Duruinterit Humida Siccat Debile fortificat Sitamen arte bibis Dan jackson Scul P Anno D 1684 Which being translated, is: To fortify the sacred soundness of the body this was dug in the hard dry earth to strengthen the infirm and soundly quench the thirsty. Red sandstone ashlar rendered with cement with paved sandstone surround. Square pool with a flight of stone steps to one of the corners and to the corner diagonally opposite a spout allowing the water to fall into a dished bowl. To one side amidst a rockery of roughly hewn stone is the rectangular datestone which has a moulded border. To one side of the pool is the well which is similar of rectangular plan and has a set of steps leading down into it. Listing NGR: SJ5335258373

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 55805. [Mapped features: #4522 55805; #9827 55805]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 5335 5837 (5m by 5m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ55NW
Civil Parish BEESTON, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Mar 8 2019 9:25AM