Description

PILLATON
SX 46 SW
6/186 Bathing house at Pentillie Quay and
quay
GV II
Bathing house. Circa 1850, using C17 features. Slatestone rubble with granite
dressings. Tiled roof with tiles laid in scalloped banding, with crested ridge tiles
and gable ends with spike finials; rear lateral stack. Slatestone rubble quay.
Plan: Rectangular plan bathing house, built on a quay projecting into the river. The
one large room is heated from a rear lateral stack.
Exterior: Single storey, with symmetrical front; central gabled porch with
bargeboards, set on plain chamfered granite piers; inner granite 4-centred arched
doorway, chamfered and stopped with studded door. Small 2-light chamfered granite
window with casements to right and left with gabled dormer over; all gables with
spike finials. The left gable end has 3-light granite window with casements with
diamond leaded lights and chamfered granite mullions. The right gable end has large
4-light window with chamfered granite mullions and leaded lights; external sliding
shutters; small single light with triangular head in gable. The rear has external
stack with brick shaft.
Interior: 5-bay roof with principal rafters, collars and braces with trefoils in the
spandrels. Wooden frieze with quatrefoils; dado panelling. Fireplace in granite with
flat arch and roll moulding.
The quay is rectangular in plan, with battered slatestone rubble walls.

Listing NGR: SX4116264603

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452260

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)