Description

BEESTON C.P. (Off) HORSLEY LANE
SJ 55 NW
5/15 Bathing pool and well in
the garden of Bath
Garden Cottage.
1.3.67 (Formerly listed as Bath)
GV II

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26453852

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