ALLONBY HOUSE - List Entry

  • Description

    "Sea-water baths and assembly room, now private house. 1835. Painted stucco and rusticated ashlar, with angle pilasters, string course and heavily-moulded cornice, on chamfered plinth. Graduated slate roof with cement rendered chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Central 3 bays within 2-storey tetrastyle Ionic portico in antis.....Mannix & Whellan's, Directory, 1847, p.452, states "a suite of hot, cold and vapour baths was erected in 1835, at a cost of £1,800, raised in shares of £5 each. In the same building are news and assembly rooms, the former supported by a subscription of 1s. a week, 3s. a month or 7s. a year."..."
  • Owner

    Historic England
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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  • Further information

    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1276078
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 4 years, 5 months ago
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